The highlight of Bainbridges latest sale in West Ruislip was a 1560 Geneva Bible which sold for £8500. Estimated at £7000-10,000, it was offered together with a 1634 volume of The Whole Book of ...

The Geneva Bible was the first mechanically printed, mass-produced Bible available to the public. It was first published in 1560 - half a century before the King James Bible. The Bible sold as ...

The Geneva Bible was first printed in 1560 and was the translation of choice for the early puritans including the pilgrim fathers. It was known as the 'Breeches' Bible by it's detractors as Adam ...