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In a black fitted box with gilt title. Professionally rebound in brown leather binding with embossed date and pattern on the front board. Maroon title plate with gilt band and lettering on the spine. A great work perfected by Robert Barker who later went on to publish King James and the wicked Bible. This is a genuine old rendition and NOT a backdated copy to circumvent James I's ban. Simply the best. Brian Cole has rebound and reworked this Bible back to its original condition. Now housed in a magnificent worked protective case this Bible is a joy to hold and read – there are just not enough superlatives to describe Brian's craftsmanship.The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James Version by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th-century English Protestantism and was used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and others. It was one of the Bibles taken to America on the Mayflower.… Read More