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Doyle Flowers, Jr.
(His books)
Atlanta, GA
Dec '10 $15.00 (2 leaves)

Bible, English. Geneva version; with Tomson's N.T.
London: Deputies of C. Barker, 1595. f° Black letter.
Another ed of Tomson's Genevan Bible of 1587
Ref: STC 2165. Herbert 225
Copy: British Lib, Bodleian, NY Public Lib. Bible House, London

O.T.
2 col. 60 lines. Black letter. Catchwords. (7 1/8 x 10 11/16")
Iehoash. Elisha dyeth. Chap. XIIII. Amaziah. Iehoash. 177
Ff.3
Amaziah taken II. Kings. Azariah becommeth leprous
II Kings Chap. 13:8 -> Chap. 14:9
Chap. 14:10 -> Chap. 15:11
N. T.
Christ persecuted. Chap. IX. Saul converted. 550
Tabitha raised. The Actes Cornelius sendeth for Peter.
The Acts Chap. 8:36 -> 9:25
Chap. 9:26 -> 10:15

Laurence Tomson (1539-1608) published a revision
of Whittingham's Geneva N.T. in 1576. (Herbert #146 2878)
Tomson was skilled in 12 languages + served as
secretary to Queen Elizabeth's counselor Sir Francis
Walsingham. He claimed to base his revision on
Theodore Beza's Greek Testament, although he
seems to have relied heavily on Beza's Latin
translation (1576) In many later ed. of the GEneva
Bible, Tomson's version was substituted for
Whittingham's 1560 Testament.