Note 24 — Library of Lambeth Palace.
Reading edition
The first edition of this version, was for many years the most popular one in England, as its numerous editions may testify. After the appearance of King James’s translation, the use of it seems to have declined: yet a fondness for its notes still lingered; and we have several instances of their being attached to editions of the royal translation, one of which kind was printed so lately as 1715, but without place or name of printer.[25]
From the peculiar rendering of the text in Genesis iii. 7, the editions of this translation have been commonly known by the name of Breeches Bibles.
The copy at Balliol College is an exceedingly fine one, printed upon large paper. See Cotton’s List, p. 14, and Appendix.