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Bible. English. Genevan Version of 1557, 1560. (Continued, 1.)
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and perhaps others, at Geneva. The New Testament of 1557 was prob- ably translated by Whittingham alone; the notes of that edition are reprinted here, but the text is considerably altered. This is the first English text of the whole Bible divided into verses, and the first printed in Roman type. The nickname of Breeches Bible has been given to it, although the peculiar rendering of Genesis iii:7 dates back to Wyclif In Luke ii: 16 is found the singular word “cratch,” Yorkshire for a large basket.
Imperfect.
The lacunae are: three preliminary leaves; title-page to the New Testa-
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This card was printcd at the Boston es Public Library, June 12, 1918.