Publication of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible (1611)

In 1611, Robert Barker, the King's Printer, published the first edition of the King James Bible in London. This Early Modern English translation, commissioned in 1604, was issued as a complete folio volume under the sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Publication Details. The original printing was released in 1611 by Robert Barker, who held the position of King's Printer. The volume was produced as a complete folio Bible, marking the first edition of this specific translation. The imprint explicitly states it was printed in London by Robert Barker in that year.

Textual Variants. Two distinct editions of the whole Bible were produced in 1611. They are distinguished by their rendering of Ruth 3:15, where one reads "he went into the city" and the other "she went into the city." These are colloquially known as the "He" and "She" Bibles.

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