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by eesmith 770 days ago
(Grrr! I've been saying Caxton Bible but I meant Tyndale Bible.)

Sure, it can be, but was it?

The KJV was very expensive as it was. ("Robert Barker invested very large sums in printing the new edition, and consequently ran into serious debt" says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version .) That doesn't mean they used a shoddy low-price option.