Description
Traditionally known, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, as the Authorized Version, the King James Version of the Bible was first published in 1611. Its literary brilliance is well known and its words and phrases have had a unique influence on the
English language. Four hundred years on it is still widely used, and is the version of choicefor ceremonial Bibles — for example, it was the Authorized (King James) Bible which was used during King Charles III's Coronation ceremony.
There were two printings in 1611, both carried out by Robert Barker, the King's Printer of the day. The first contained a number of errors which were corrected in the second printing, so even the two earliest editions contain many variations.
Most of today's KJV Bibles use a text with hundreds of small changes introduced by editors and printers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - some accidentally, some intentionally. The text commonly available now is actually that of the 1769 revision, not that of 1611.
In 1909, Cambridge scholar William Aldis Wright represented the original text of the first edition in a clear and readable form, together with a list of variations between the two 1611 printings.
Cambridge has reissued that edition as part of its digital reprint programme for classic and previously out-of-print books.
The KJV 1611 Authorized Version comes as a 5 volume paperback set which includes the full Bible as well as Apocrypha. Volumes are sold individually and the full set is available to collect.
These books display the 1611 KJV in its original form, straight from the first printing. They also include a list of differences between those early 1611 printings.
Features
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Standard Book Paper
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Marginal Notes
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List of Variations Between the Two 1611 Printings
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Translators' Preface
- Typography: Garamond 11/11
