The Bible Through the Years < Photo Gallery

The English Bibles before King James: John Wycliffe New Testament

Manuscript on vellum, ca. 1440. Open at the beginning of John. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

The English Bibles before King James: Pentateuch

Antwerp: Johannes Hoochstraten], 1530. Open at Exodus, fol LI (Aaron. Photo of images in Ex (fol. 36-37, 50) (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

The English Bibles before King James: Bible with Apocrypha

[Antwerp: R. Grafton and E. Whitchurch], 1537. Open at t.p. of Apocrypha. Photo general t.p. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

The Translators at Work: Hebrew Bible

Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1524-25. V. 2 (Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings) 21 November 1524. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

Early Editions of the King James Bible: Bible with Apocrypha

London: Robert Barker, 1611. The first folio. He-Bible. Open to show Ruth 3:15. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

Early Editions of the King James Bible: Bible with Apocrypha

London: Norton and Bill, 1620. Chained Bible. Display closed. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

Early Editions of the King James Bible: Bible with Apocrypha

Oxford: at the Theater, 1679. 4to. Extra-illustrated. Open at Ezekiel 1 to show illustration and date. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

Early Editions of the King James Bible: Bible with Apocrypha

Oxford: J. Baskett, 1717-16. Folio. H941. Display Chicago copy with added illustrations. Open vol. 1 at title page, vol. 2 at the beginning of John. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

Early Editions of the King James Bible: Bible

London: Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin, 1800. Display vol. 1 and 5. Open at the beginning of Gn. and the t.p. of the NT. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

Early Editions of the King James Bible: Aitken Bible

Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, 1782. Open at t.p. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

The King James Bible in America: Bible with Apocrypha

New York: Hodge and Campbell, 1792. Open at t.p. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)

The King James Bible after 1800/The Bible Society Movement (1804-1854): Bible

London: Eyre and Strahan for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1813
Regular Coll. Open at t.p. Display second copy closed to show original binding. Photo: t.p., handwritten inscription on fly leaf (signed Tho. Bailey), and beginning of Gn 7 x 3 1/2 x 2. (Image courtesy of Museum of Biblical Art)