The 1629 edition of the KJV, was printed with out the "Apocrypha"

What does this prove, or does it prove anything at all?

Protestants will often try to list the 1629 edition of the authorized Version as "proof" that the "apocrypha" books [which were in the 1611] were not considered as scripture. But what does this really prove? The answer is nothing at all. If we are to accept this faulty and ridicules logic, that the omission of a book [or books] from a printings is a denial of there validity, than we have to hold that in the KJV, the Old Testament books are not weighed as sacred.

I ask the reader to consider the fact that in 1616 there was a edition of the KJV Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, [Printer to the Kings moft excellent Majeftie] that omitted the entire Old Testament. This was actually printed while King James, who authorized this translation, was still alive and just five years after the original was printed. This is the first small Folio edition of King James Version, printed in Roman type (NT only) it Consisted of 108 pages. 

In 1622 Bonham Norton and John Bill [Printer to the Kings moft excellent Majeftie] of London, printed a Single column New Testament Bible. It was printed in Gothic Black letter Text. and contained only the "The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Newly translated out of the original Greeke: and with the former translations diligiently compared and revised." [click here to see a digital photo from this very rear 1622 Bible ]

Another example of a very early KJV printed with out the Old Testament is the 1683 edition Printed at Cambridge by John Hayes, Printer to the University . Bound in at the front is: The Book of Common Prayer after which is bound The apocrypha, followed by the New Testament (with separate title page) and bound in last is The Whole Book of Psalms collected into "Englifh Metre" by Sternhold and Hopkins also printed by Hayes with title page. These are not the only example of New Testament only KJV Bibles:  

        [NOTE: All of these printings were of the New Testament only ]

• 1804 New Testament Printed in Blackfriars London. This Book Was Printed at the University Press for the British and Foreign Bible Society.
• 1827 New Testament Printed in Concord, New Hampshire 12mo (7" x 4"), full calf, 283 pages plus index.
• 1849 New Testament Printed by: Oxford: Printed At The University Press, For The British And Foreign Bible Society.
• 1851 New Testament Published by the American Tract Society150 Nassau Street, Ny .425 Pages
• 1855  New Testament It was published in New York by the American Bible Society .It is 9 1/4 by 6 inches wide . There are 447 pages .
• 1864 New Testament Printed by the American Bible Society of New York in 1864, 3 x 4½ inches, 316 gilt-edged pages.
• 1868 New Testament American Bible Society, 427 pages., printed in two columns per page. It Measures about 5 x 8.
• 1870 New Testament Oxford, Printed at the University Press, and sold by Thomas Nelson and sons.
• 1881 New Testament published by Cambridge University Press.

One simply has to go to any Christian book store to see that even today many editions of the KJV are printed with just the New Testament, are we to accept all of these as rejections of Old Testament books as not scripture?  

It is also important to note that NOT ALL of the 1629 printings omitted the "Apocrypha books", among the authors extensive collection of Leafs from Antiquarian Bible are are these Title pages from the "Apocrypha books" that was part of a 1629 edition of the KJV. They were Printed in London by Bonham Norton and John Bill, "printers to the Kings moft excellent Majestie":

The Title Page  of          the 1629 KJV.	The table of contents from the 1629

IEsdras,

II Esdras,

Tobit,

Judeth,

Esther,

Wisdom,

Ecclesiasticus,

Baruch,

Susanna,

Song Three Children,

Another obvious problem with this age old Protestant argument is the fact that the 1630 printing of the King  James Version again contained the "Apocrypha" among its pages. The scan to the right is of the Table of Contents from a 1630 edition of King's Bible Printed in London by Barker and Bill. The truth is, Most printings for the next two hundred years contained the "Apocrypha" among there pages. The "Apocrypha" books have appeared and disappeared in printings of the KJV in a apparent whirlwind of apparent confession, all depending on the whims of the individual printers. I have a copy of the Authorized Version complete with the "Apocrypha" sitting on a bookshelf in my library that was printed in 1961 by the Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston.

1630 KJV Table of Contents

Even Today you still can still if you wish purchase the King James Version complete with the Apocrypha, this is again a small list of a few that can be found at Amazon.com:

The Bible: Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha: Published by Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0192835254 (Pub. Date: July 1998)

KJV Standard Reference Edition With Apocrypha: Published by Cambridge Univ Pr (Bibles); ISBN: 0521509467; Slipcase edition (Pub. Date: August 1997)

1611 Edition: a reprint of the 1611 KJV With Apocrypha, Published by Nelson Bible; ISBN: 0840700415; Reissue edition (Pub. Date: June 1, 1982)

King James Version Lectern Edition: Published by Cambridge Univ Pr (Bibles); ISBN: 0521508169; (Pub. Date: March 1998)

The Dake Annotated Reference Bible, Standard Edition: King James Version With Apocrypha, Published by Dake Publishing ISBN: 1558290699 (Pub. Date: April 1996)

Clearly, the 1629's omission of the "Apocrypha books" was not much of a rejection.