BIBLE [GENEVA VERSION] THE BIBLE. TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO THE EBREW AND GREEKE

BIBLE [GENEVA VERSION] THE BIBLE. TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO THE EBREW AND GREEKE, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. London: Christopher Barker, 1583. Large Folio, text in two columns, Black Letter, woodcut illustrations in the text, boards, backstrip worn, lacking the general titlepage and prelims., other titles present, single wormhole through some signatures, tear in f. 137 of the New Testament, no loss Note: ESTC S42: USTC 500658. Often referred to as the 'Breeches Bible' where, Genesis Chapter III Verse 7 reads: "Then the eies of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches." In the King James Version of 1611, "breeches" was changed to "aprons"