Rare Geneva Bible

1595 Geneva ‘Breeches’ Bible This 1595 Geneva Bible, translated out of the Greek by Theodore Beza, printed by the deputies of Christopher Barker, is a quarto edition, an important and influential version of the scriptures for late 16th-century Protestants. This 1595 version is a significant historical artifact that provides insight into the era’s religious, cultural, and publishing landscape.Also known as the ‘Breeches Bible’. Full leather lacking on boards and spine, Front cover detached. (poor Condition) Handwritten Lineage of the ‘Strange’ family written on fly leaf. Newspaper cutting about the Geneva Bible pasted to one fly leaf. All of the printed Pages are in good condition. The "Breeches Bible" is a nickname for the 1560 Geneva Bible, famous for translating Genesis 3:7 to say Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves together to make "breeches" (rather than "aprons" in the KJV) to cover their nakedness . It was the dominant English Bible, often used by Puritans and Shakespeare, featuring Calvinist marginal notes