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440
Known + Spellman
Feb. '96
$50

The Holy Bible. (King Jame's Version).
London: Robert Barker, 1613 f^0
Ref: STC. 2226 D.+M. 249 Herbert 322
Copy: BM, HEHL, NYPL, Bible House London, Bodlien

362x225mm. Black letter. 508 ff. leaves, not numbered.
The preliminary leaves are set up as in other large folio
editions, but the text is printed in smaller Type with
72 instead of 59 lines to the full column.
Sig: A^4 B^4 C^6 D^4 A-Z^6 Aa-Zz^6 Aaa-Zzz^6 Aaaa-Mmmm^6
Nnnn^4 (N.T. Vvv^1-Nnnn^4)

The true 1613 folio ed. of the King Games Bible; easily
distinguishable from the other large folio editions by its
smaller type - the rarest of the great folio authorized versions.
Robert Barker - Priinter to the King's most excellent Majestic.

HEHL 69513 chained binding
St. Luke Chap. 13+14
Aaaa5 (of 6)
St. Luke begins - Zzz^3
Aaaa^5 (of 6)
St. Luke begins - Zzz^3
(14 folios) ends - Bbbb4

- more than 100 different ed. of various translations of the
Bible were published in England before 1600.
- there are approximately 400 textual variations from
its predecessors (1611, 1613-11)
- Title border - woodcut representing the 12 tribes, etc.