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BIBLE, English. The Holy Bible. London: Robert Barker 1613-[1611]. 2 o (400 x 260 mm). 727 (of 732) leaves, unnumbered, 59 lines, double column in black letter with roman for chapter summaries and roman and italic for marginalia, Calendar in red and black. General title with woodcut border [McKerrow & Ferguson 231] repeated as title border to the New Testament, woodcut headbands, woodcut historiated and decorated initials. Speed's Genealogies [London: J. Beale, 1613?] inserted before Genesis. (Lacking the map accompanying the Genealogies , two leaves of the Genealogies and Aa5 [second to last leaf of the Revelation ], title with small hole affecting last digit of date, with repair to inner margin on verso, A1, corner of first leaf of Genesis torn away, affecting text.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, covers detached, worn). SECOND FOLIO EDITION OF KING JAMES'S BIBLE, also known as the 'Great She Bible' for the more correct reading 'she went into the citie' in Ruth iii 15. A remarkable error nevertheless occurs in Matt. xxvi 36, where 'Judas' appears for 'Jesus.' A large number of leaves, about one third of the total, are known to exist in two states. No new English translation was produced until the Revised Version of 1881 and the Authorised Version, the work of over 40 translators divided into five committees based at Oxford, Cambridge and London, undoubtedly had a greater influence on written and spoken English than any other book. Herbert 319; STC 2224. Cf. PMM 114.