The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament
Subtitle: translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers langages : with moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the Epistle to the reader ...
Contributors: Whittingham, William, d. 1579; Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.; Sampson, Thomas, 1517?-1589; Hall, Rowland, d. 1563; Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd
Publisher: Printed by Rouland Hall
Published: 1560
Place of publication: At Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
Other titles: The Bible and Holy Scriptvres conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament
Work titles: Bible. English. Geneva. 1560
Notes: Signatures: ***4, a-z4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, &6, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Zzzz4, Aaaaa-Bbbbb4, AA-ZZ4, AAa-LLl4.

"The Newe Testament of our Lord Iesus Christ ..." has special t.p. and separate foliation.

First ed. of the so called "Geneva version", the earliest English Bible printed in roman type, with verse divisions.

Translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and perhaps others.

The text of the New Testament (revised from Whittingham's edition, Geneva, 1557) was also published separately the same year.

"Breeches" Bible.  Cf. Gen. III, 7.

Darlow and Moule 77

Herbert 107

STC 2093

Fisher stc copy: Prelim. leaves [2-4] wanting; supplied in facsimile.  With a mottled calf gold tooled binding by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd.

Fisher Knox copy: Error in folding of signature *** (prelim. leaves [1-4]) resulting in the following sequence of leaves: ***1, ***4, ***3, ***2.  Presentation copy from George Macaulay to George Macaulay Garland, 25 Dec. 1893.