10601/A

Title

Subject

Description

As a concession to Puritan tastes, the first edition of the King James Bible has no illustrations aside from its title page, a second title page for the New Testament, a woodcut of Adam and Eve at the beginning of the genealogical tables, and a map of the Holy Land.

Creator

Barker, Robert, –1645, printer.

Source

10601/A. [English Bible]. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by his Majesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches. London: Robert Barker, 1611. Presented to Bridwell Library by Lucia and Carr P. Collins, Jr.

Relation

Seventeenth

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

Printed book with copperplate and woodblock engravings

Collection

The First Four Centuries of Printed Bible Illustration

Citation

Barker, Robert, –1645, printer. , “10601/A,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 20, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/785.