Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New, black letter, text in double columns, in 72 lines, within ruled border, general and NT titles within ornate woodcut borders, calendar in red and black, woodcut decorations and initials, Speed's Genealogies inserted before Genesis, lacking final 2 ff., including double-page map, general title with small paper repair at inner margin (just affecting woodcut border), 3 ff. with small defects affecting text with loss of letters from a few lines (2Y1, 3I3 & 4G3), 3Z1 & 4G1 soiled, 4N4 laid down to sheet (final f.), trimming to top edge, often affecting ruled border and headlines, some instances of light damp-staining, nineteenth century blind-stamped calf, spine a little scuffed, brass clasps, [STC 2226; Herbert 322], folio, Robert Barker, 1613

⁂ A remarkably clean and complete copy of "the true folio edition of King James' Bible; easily distinguishable form the other large folio editions by its smaller type" (Herbert p.138)

Provenance: Stephen Drake Freer [bookplate, Eton College prize label dated 1938]