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396 Charles W. Traylen
Sept. '93
3L = $4.50
Authorized
The Holy Bible (King James version)
London : Barker & assigns of Bill , 1639. folio
Ref: STC 2335 Herbert 528
Cop : HEHL, NYPL, BM, Bod, Univ L Camb, Harvard
Folger, Univ. of Texas
309 x 190 mm. Roman letter. The N.T. is dated 1638 &
the colophon 1639. Text ends on Yyyy4. With
Geneologus & maps . 36 cm. 2 col. 63 lines. Italic marginalia.
Genesis . Chap. xii - xv pp. 9 & 10

Kings'
printer
Robert Barker 1570 - 1645 ( died in prison as a debtor) the
eldest son of Christopher Barker, printer to Queen Elizabeth.
imprint became for the 3rd time (Oct. 20, 1629) -
Robert Barker & John Bill. (died in 1630) - imprint
then became R. Barker & the assigns of J. Bill.
- over 150 ed of the Authorized . Bible were printed
between 1603 & 1640.
- as an aid to the ordinary reader every ed. of the Authorized
Version printed after Oct. 31, 1610 there was inserted a
series of genealogies & a map of the Holy Land made by
John Speed.

HEHL
#349 1616 - 1st small folio ed. of K.J. , roman type. London ; R. Barker.
#424 1629 - 1st ed. of K.J. printed at Cambridge. Thomas & John Buck.

HEHL - my leaf A5(of6) Genesis p.1 - 64
(97049) Total 1090 pages
O.T. dated 1639
Apocrypha begins p 697
N.T. dated 1638 begins p 865.

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