Accession number
PML 17197.1
Uniform title
Bible. English. Geneva. 1639.
Published
Imprinted at London : By the deputies of Christopher Barker ..., 1599 [i.e. Amsterdam : J.F. Stam, 1639]
Credit line
Pierpont Morgan,
Description
[4], 190, 127, [1], 121, [11] leaves : ill. ; 24 cm
Notes
"Another edition of Tomson's Genevan Bible of 1587, with the annotations of F. Junius added. Without Apocrypha." Cf. BLC, v. 28, p. 373.
"The order of time ... ": verso of leaf preceding Revelation.
Added t.p. and t.p. to N.T. have McKerrow & Fergus
"The order of time ... ": verso of leaf preceding Revelation.
Added t.p. and t.p. to N.T. have McKerrow & Fergus
Binding
17th-century English embroidered binding by Anne Cornwallis Leigh (1612-1684) ca. 1640, depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden on the upper cover, and Christ presenting a flower to Mary on the rear cover.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription on front pastedown: "Anne Cornwaleys Wrought me / now shee is called Anne Leigh".
Provenance
Tessie Wynn Freer, gift inscription from her Mother (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Pearson, 1910.
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