1613 King James Bible - (Second Edition) | (Herbert 322.)
 
The 1613 King James Bible "true" Second Folio Edition contains a complete section of the Apocrypha. The Apocrypha was an essential, mandatory component of all official Church of England pulpits in 1613. In early King James Bibles, the Apocrypha served as a major theological battleground between the crown and religious dissidents. The Scripture is arranged in two columns per page, with exactly 72 lines of Gothic "black letter" font. This unique & elegant layout was condensed by royal printer Robert Barker to fit more lines per page than his famous 59-line 1611 first edition. It stands out because it systematically corrects approximately 400 printing errors found in the original 1611 translation. This specific printing became famous and highly notable as a strategic, less expensive alternative for churches requiring a large pulpit Bible, condensed skillfully into the only large folio edition to ever use this 72-line layout. Herbert 322 | ESTC S122066 | Large Folio Bible (17 x 11 3/4 in  |  43.2 x 29.8).
 
About this Particular Bible
The 1613 King James Bible Edition stands out because it represents a desperate political and religious compromise following the explosive collapse of the Tudor Dynasty and the ascension of the House of Stuart under King James I. Inheriting a highly fractured England, James faced intense pressure from the Puritans, who championed the popular Geneva Bible and vehemently opposed the inclusion of the Apocrypha. James, however, despised the Geneva Bible text, because of its marginal notes, which suggested ordinary subjects could justly resist tyrannical monarchs. To assert absolute royal supremacy and suppress Puritan dissent, James commissioned this uniform translation, explicitly banning all opinionated study notes and enforcing rigid ecclesiastical hierarchy. This specific 1613 printing became famous and highly notable as the crown’s definitive weapon for religious conformity, forcing a unified liturgy onto every church pulpit across England.