Geneva Bible – Amsterdam, 17th Century – Woodcuts

Geneva Bible – Amsterdam, 17th Century – Woodcuts
The Bible, that is, the holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and new Testament. [Amsterdam? ca. 1630s]. On the title page: London, 1599 (Deputies of Christopher Barker Press). English.
The Geneva Bible was one of the earliest translations into English of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, and the first to be divided into verses (the division into chapters was done earlier). The Bible was translated by Protestant scholars, who escaped England due to the persecutions of Queen Mary who tried to bring England back to Catholic Christianity and found refuge in Protestant Geneva. After the crowning of Queen Elizabeth I (in early 1559) and the return to Anglican Christianity in England, a complete edition of the Geneva Bible was printed for the first time (Geneva, 1560) and in 1575, this Bible was printed for the first time in England. The Geneva Bible became very popular and was widely distributed; by the mid-17th century over a hundred editions were printed.
The book contains woodcuts (biblical scenes, a map of Palestine and more), tables, references and introductions.
Several different editions of the Geneva Bible are known to use the imprint "London 1599". These editions were in fact printed in ca. 1630s (see: Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, edited by T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule. London, 1903. Part I, p. 117 E).
[3], [11]. 2-190, [2]-127, 121 ff. [11] indices ff. bound before the Book of Genesis were originally bound at the end, after the New Testament. Three ff. are missing (originally: [4], 190, 127, 121, [11] ff.). Missing: the first title page of the Hebrew Bible, the first page of the Book of Genesis and the title page of Psalms. Several folios are torn and their upper part is missing (including the upper part of the second title page of the Hebrew Bible).
Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Closed and open tears (crude tears to several folios, affecting text). Trimmed margins, slightly affecting text. Blemishes and wear. Leather-covered cardboard binding, worn, blemished and scuffed; tears to edges and corners. New spine.