Original 1594 English Bible Leaf — Book of Names — Robert Barker, London

Date: 1594 A.D. The leaf remains mounted to Slotkin’s original explanatory backing sheet, the left portion of which features a facsimile of the Bible’s engraved title page. The backing identifies the leaf as dated1594 A.D., and the facsimile references it as anEnglish Bible printed inLondon byRobert Barker ,Printer to the Queen’s Majesty” — providing important historical context for the period in which vernacular scripture was becoming firmly established in Protestant England.

Original 1594 English Bible Leaf — Deuteronomy 9-10 — Robert Barker, London

The leaf remains mounted to Slotkin’s original explanatory backing sheet, the left portion of which features a facsimile of the Bible’s engraved title page. The backing identifies the leaf as dated 1594 A.D., and the facsimile references it as “anEnglish Bible printed inLondon byRobert Barker ,Printer to the Queen’s Majesty, dated 1594”— providing important historical context for the period in which vernacular scripture was becoming firmly established in Protestant England.