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18 leaves, numbered 60-77. Text in 2 columns, 63 lines, black letter. Woodcut initials. With half-page woodcut map on the first leaf under the heading "The  description of the holy lande, conteyning the places mentioned in the foure Euangelistes, with other places..." On the recto of the final leaf is a smaller woodcut map of the eastern Mediterranean, :The Cart Cosmographie, of the Peregrinations or journey of Saint Paul..." 34.7x23.3 cm. (13¾x9¼"), modern boards.

Complete Acts of the Apostles, with two woodcut maps, from the third folio edition of the Bishops' Bible. First appearing in 1568, the Bishops' Bible was an attempt to replace the Calvinistic Geneva Bible with a translation more in tune with the Episcopalian aims of the Church of England. It was extensively revised for the 1572 second folio edition, which is closely followed by this 1574 printing. This revised edition was to be prescribed as the base text for the Authorized King James Version of 1611. STC 2109; Herbert 137.