The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues.
The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues.
Very Rare 17th century printing of the King James Bible
Cambridge: Printed by John Hayes, 1670.
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Item Number: 138585
Rare 17th century King James Bible printed by John Hayes. Royal octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Clement Sanford of Williamsburg Virginia, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in seven compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered “Holey Bible”, rebacked, gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, engraved title page, large bookplate, ownership inscriptions dated 1739 and 1880. In very good condition. Very rare with only 6 copies traced in auction records.
The Bible has had an unprecedented influence on literature and history, especially in the Western World, where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed using movable type. Commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611 under the sponsorship of James I and VI, the King James Version of the bible, or Authorized Version, includes the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of the Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament. Noted for its "majesty of style", the King James Version has been described as one of the most important books in English culture and a driving force in the shaping of the English-speaking world. It was first printed by John Norton and Robert Barker, both holding the post of the King's Printer, and was the third translation into English approved by the English Church authorities. The first had been the Great Bible, commissioned in the reign of King Henry VIII (1535), and the second had been the Bishops' Bible, commissioned in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1568). In Geneva, Switzerland the first generation of Protestant Reformers had produced the Geneva Bible of 1560 from the original Hebrew and Greek scriptures, which was influential in the writing of the Authorized King James Version.
