16TH CENTURY BIBLE - GENEVA VERSION .: The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages with most profitable Annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance... , Imprinted at London : by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1589.

A very good copy of a 16th Century black letter 4to. Geneva bible, in a very good 19th century full leather binding. 8.25" x 6.25" x 2.5" . Dark brown calf, boards with gilt filet border. Slightly later spine, with 5 raised bands, highlighted in gilt, plus black leather title label and gilt date '1589'. Marbled endpapers. Engraved bookplate of "George Alexander Touche, 1906". Book of Common Prayer precedes the bible, and is complete. Title page in red & black dated 1588, rubbed and lightly soiled. Top edge carefully repaired at some time in the past, and edges strengthened. Followed by a blank leaf, then the rest of the Almanak and prayer book, mostly in black letter (gothic script). Clean engraved title page to the bible dated 1589 , with "Of the incomparable tresure..." to the verso. The pages of the bible are numbered consecutively on recto only. Old Testament ends on f.358b. Apocrypha f.359 - f.444a (feint family history details to verso). Engraved New Testament title page, dated 1589, followed by 3 preliminary leaves, Matthew begins on f.441 and ends on f.554b. Bound with: The Whole Booke of Psalmes..." Printed title with a cut of a 'fleur de lys' and dated: "London Printed for the Assignes of Richard Day. 1588.". Text in black letter, and double columns, with some musical notation, ending with a colophon for The Assignes of Richard Day . Followed by two pages of family history for the 'Brown' family written during the 19th century. Most pages with good margins, but some have been trimmed along the top edge, sometimes affecting the headlines. A very good copy of a complete 16th century bible, in a very good binding. Prayer book referenced by Griffiths 1588/2 / STC 16313 . Bible referenced by Herbert 199 / Darlow & Moule 153 / STC 2150 . *** "Sir George Alexander Touche, 1st Baronet; 24 May 1861–7 July 1935), born George Alexander Touch (he added the final "e" in 1906 because people continually mispronounced his name), was a British accountant and politician. He founded one of the firms which amalgamated to create Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Touche was born in Edinburgh, the son of a banker. He was educated at the Bonnington Academy, the Edinburgh Institute, and the University of Edinburgh and was indentured to a chartered accountant in 1878. In 1883 he was admitted to the Society of Accountants in Edinburgh and immediately left for London, joining the firm of Broads, Patterson & May. In 1889 he was appointed first secretary of the Industrial and General Trust, later becoming manager, director in 1898, and chairman in 1908. He also became director and chairman of many other companies. In 1899 he founded his own practice, George A. Touch & Co. In 1910 he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for North Islington, but retired due to ill-health in 1918. He was knighted in 1917 and created a baronet for his political services in the 1920 Birthday Honours. " - See Wikipedia . (Book ref. 37982)  £2500.00

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