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1976511586Oxford 1976. Leather. FINE. 1182pp. 3.5' x 5' x .75' compact format. Printed in Great Britain at the University Press by Vivian Ridler. Smyth-sewn binding in black calfskin leather with a pronounced grain all edges gilt gilt stamped lettering and dentelle black place ribbon. One superfluous front blank sheet excised endpapers intact else FINE--exceedingly clean and sharp. A nice pocket Bible. Oxford unknown
1930510935A. J. Holman 1930. Leather. FINE. 23 17 16 color and b/w plates 827 255 14 pp. maps. 8vo sewn binding in black leather with 3/4 yapp gilt stamped lettering and gilt stamped maasonic symbol with hebrew lettering to front cover all edges art gilt blue place ribbon. With some trivial rubbing to the leather dediation page inscribed by a lodge president and recorder d. 1934 otherwise exceedingly and uncommonly clean and sharp with gilt very bright and leather clean and supple. A. J. Holman unknown
1945510236Oxford 1945. Leather. VERY GOOD. The scarce and coveted 'Long Primer' setting with center column references self-pronouncing black letter text in a very legible type in large-formate 8vo setting. Black genuine leather binding with pronounced grain in semi-yapp gilt spine lettering all edges art gilt. 'Sunday School' edition with concordance maps and other 'helps'. With owner's inscription and family history to front blanks as well as multiple obituaries inlaid. Front endpaper is torn at the front gutter but the leather and binding remain very strong; spine ends torn at corners as commonly seen with yapp some moderate rubbing to the textblock edges but still very clean and sound an attractive copy. Publication date of 1945 stamped to rear blank with the text of the bible itself stamped '43' at the end of Revelation. Oxford unknown
1979510381Cambridge University Press for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1979. First Edition. Leather. NEAR FINE. First Printing of the LDS KJV Bible with Cambridge's print code '17 ML 79' to the final page of Revelation. 6.75x9' Large-format 8vo edition with large bold typeface the same size and font known as the Cambridge 'Turquoise' font famed for its legibility. Smyth-sewn binding in brown Calfskin leather gilt edges gilt stamped spine lettering yellow place ribbon thumb-indexed. This edition edited and produced in partnership between the LDS Church and the Cambridge University Press contains a running footer with critical translation notes as well as cross-references to the main LDS works Doctrines and Covenants Pearl of Great Price Book of Mormon as well as appended Topical Guide Bible Dictionary Gazeteer Maps and a gathering of Joseph Smith Translation variant readings which are too lengthy for the footnotes. With tab-indexes added a few of which have torn away from the pages; colored pencil marking to two pages of Isaiah otherwise entirely clean and sharp sound binding. Production of the LDS KJV was transitioned to Deseret Books in the 90's and the Cambridge editions have since become increasingly scarce with the Large-Print editions now fairly hard to come by. William James Mortimer general manager of Deseret Books commented 'Mortimer commented that there was “an excellent relationship with Cambridge on the missionary Bibles that they had been producing for us. They didn’t want to lose the business and so they were very anxious to continue to work with us because it meant a pretty good-size volume of business for them.†33 Mortimer further explained that in the 1920s Elder James E. Talmage and President Heber J. Grant had established a relationship with Cambridge University Press when the Church had produced an earlier edition of scripture. “Elder Talmage prepared what was to become the ready reference.a collection by Brother Talmage of scripture from the Bible that supported a number of Latter-day Saint doctrines.This was about the only thing available for maybe.upwards of fifty years that tied LDS doctrine to the KJV.Deseret Book published this version of the Bible and referred to it as the missionary edition during this period of a half century.†'Cambridge University Press found a unique challenge in the invitation to assist with printing an LDS edition of the Bible despite Cambridge’s sterling reputation for printing and publishing Bibles for nearly four hundred years. Roger Coleman publishing director of Bibles and religious books at Cambridge listed several obstacles including deadlines and project size. In addition he noted that Cambridge “rarely set a new Bible for a completely new versionâ€and that this was probably “the first time we have ever set and produced a Bible in collaboration with and under the primary direction of an outside publisher.†Fred E. Woods 'The Latter-day Saint Edition of the King James Bible' in The King James Bible and the Restoration ed. Kent P. Jackson 260–280. Cambridge University Press for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints unknown
18009693London: Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin 1800. 7 volume set 48 cm Contemporary calf with decorative gilt stamped borders to boards with raised and gilt bands to backstrips. All edges gilt. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Some minor wear to corners. Some foxing to the plates. A few small dampstains. Some wear to backstrips and boards. The Macklin Bible is the largest Bible printed on a letterpress. Published serially between 1791 and 1800 in London this project was of one several ambitious projects that commissioned paintings of literary subjects exhibited them at their premises and sold engravings and/or editions of the relevant text including the engravings after the paintings by subscription. These 'literary galleries' sought to be both commercial printselling projects for the proprietors and to foster British history painting aligning with the ambitions of the Royal Academy to encourage a native school of painting in this genre. The foremost literary gallery was Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery which operated between 1789 and 1805.<br /> <br /> In addition to its 70 full-page plates the Bible includes head and tailpieces for each biblical book - 113 in total. All but two of the vignettes were designed by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg who also painted 16 pictures for the full-page plates. The full-page plates and headpiece and tailpiece vignettes were published by Macklin and the text was printed for Macklin by Thomas Bensley. The type was cut by Joseph Jackson and Vincent Figgins Jackon's apprentice. The paper was made by Whatman. The instructions to the binder recommended binding the set in six volumes but this set like many others was bound in seven. Darlow & Moule 982. ESTC T123175. Herbert 1442. Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin unknown
185812073Ranana London: I Taia Tenei Pukapuka Mo Te Bible Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate rubbing and fading to boards. Spine cloth faded. A small 3/8" chip to cloth at tip of lower corner of front board. ; The Old Testament books from Proverbs through Malachi. Text in Te Reo Maori. 4 377 pages. Original blind-stamped purple cloth boards. "Kawenata Tawhito" in blind-stamped letters in the centre of the front board. Pale yellow endpapers. Page dimensions: 182 x 103mm. Some pencil notations on front endpaper. Bibliographical Reference: BIM 470 - "prepared from the revised probationary texts of Robert Maunsell's translation . . . the third and final volume of the BFBS British and Foreign Bible Society edition of the Old Testament; the earlier volumes were the Hexateuch 1848 no. 352 and Judges-Psalms 1855 no. 455 an interim edition until the complete Bible was published in 1868 no. 716." BIM notes bindings of full calf or of royal blue "the latter with blind tooling" but not the colour of this particular copy. ; 8vo . I Taia Tenei Pukapuka Mo Te Bible Society hardcover
186825748Ranana London: W. M. Watts / ma te Komiti ta Paipera mo Ingarangi mo te Ao Katoa. Good with no dust jacket. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine leather rubbed. Splitting to leather along most of rear joint. 25mm split to leather at head of front joint. Some loss of leather along edges of corners of boards. Quite heavy foxing to endpapers. Blank corner clipped from title leaf. Early owner's name in ink on contents page "Ropata Hemi / Whanganui / 24 Oketopa / 1883". Later owner's name on page 1 "L. Garmonsway / West Coast / New Zealand". Some early pencil marginalia on endpapers references to page numbers. Occasional pencil marginalia in the text. Overall quite a nice and original copy of the first complete Maori Bible. Rear joint weak due to splitting along most of the joint so needs careful handling.; 4 1199 3 blank pages. Original full brown calf binding with blind-stamped decoration to borders of boards. Gilt spine title "Paipera Tapu". Page dimensions: 213 x 132mm. This 1868 edition is the first complete edition of the Bible in Te Reo Maori the Maori language. Several editions of the New Testament and of extracts from the Old Testament had preceded it. Reference: BIM 716 . W. M. Watts / ma te Komiti ta Paipera mo Ingarangi mo te Ao Katoa hardcover
1812622259Philadelphia: Mathew Carey 1812. Hardcover. Good. Thick quarto. 1073pp 1. Illustrated from engravings. Text printed in two columns. Full contemporary calf spine with raised bands bordered in gilt with a decorative border and "Holy Bible" in gilt in the second compartment from the top. Boards and spine worn front hinge cracked the first few pages are creased and torn along the edges pages 836-37 are torn affecting the text missing one of the stated eleven engravings and foxing throughout good only. Contains the family records of Bushnell and Hannah Kirtland of Connecticut. According to the website Historic Buildings CT Bushnell was a shipbuilder by profession but also built the now historic "Bushnell Kirtland House" located at 110 North Cove Road in Old Saybrook. Mathew Carey hardcover
1790129739London: Printed for J. Harris late Newbery & for Darton & Harvey 'E. Hemsted Printer Great-New-street London' 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London Printed for J. Harris late Newbery & for Darton & Harvey 'E. Hemsted Printer Great-New-street London' circa 1790. A thumb Bible 44 × 32 × 18 mm 254 2 blank colophon pages plus the engraved cumulative title leaf and 14 engraved plates facing pages 18 27 42 50 71 74 86 90 106 111 116 192 199 and 221 with the relevant page number in the top right corner of each plate. 'Publisher's red morocco gilt inlays of black morocco in centre of each cover with cross and initials JHS in gilt within gilt-tooled sun tooling. Elaborate gilt-tooled borders with corner pieces of intertwined arabesques. Gilt-tooled spine flat back in three compartments with egg-shaped tools in each compartment. Gilt edges' Spielmann; the binding is essentially in fine condition with the contents near-fine. Spielmann 18 recording a minor variant printed by 'Darton & Harvey Gracechurch-Street London' with 15 plates: 'Very similar to the Newbery Bible 1780 but with some alterations. The preface for example starts with the words: "It is not a very pleasant reflection" instead of "It is a melancholy reflection". The illustrations based on the same design as the Newbery Bible have been re-engraved and are much better than the Newbery ones both in quality and design'. Bondy page 34. Printed for J. Harris, late Newbery, & for Darton & Harvey ('E. Hemsted, Printer, Great-New-street, London') hardcover
1750ABC_46048The Hague 1750. 128mo or possibly 96mo in 4s 4.5 x 3 x 1 cm. Anthoni de Groot and sons Contemporary gold-tooled calf sewn on 2 cords each board with a frame of single fillets with a rozette as centrepiece and a smaller stamp inside each corner each of the 3 spine compartments with 3 concentric circles and a triple fillet above and below altogether 13 impressions of 3 stamps gilt edges. Title page in red and black with a woodcut vignette an open book on a shell with decorations 7 full-page 3.3 x 1.6 cm! woodcuts depicting important scenes from the Bible 1 as frontispiece and 1 opening each of the 5 books and the appendix each book and the appendix with a headpiece built up from typographic ornaments followed by a drop-title in red and ending with a typographic ornament in red as a tailpiece. Set in roman type with incidental italic. 80 pp. First and only Dutch edition deluxe issue with the title page and 12 other pages printed in red and black of De Groots thumb Bible one of the curious miniature books printed in the Netherlands in the mid-18th century in a tiny roman type 37 mm/20 lines or 5.5 point as a curiosity and collectors item or to be used as a Bible in a dollhouse. The text is an abstract or summary of the contents of the Bible in five books and an appendix containing a prayer incipit: The illustrations and ornamental headpieces all in miniature and in the present deluxe issue also the printing in red and black make the book a show piece for the skill of 18th-century Dutch printing enhanced here by the contemporary gold-tooled miniature binding. Abkouda records De Groot offering this edition in five kinds of bindings and unbound at prices ranging from 4 to 30 stuivers so he probably commissioned bindings from several binders. The present copy is probably what he calls a Frans bandje 9 stuivers. We have not identified the bindery of the present copy but its three stamps are: a rozette 14 mm an ornament with a base like a flower bud and a row of 6 dots decreasing in size extending from it 12 x 4 mm and 3 concentric circles 4 mm.The backstrip is damaged with the calf split at the front hinge but the front board is still secured by the sewing supports and the head and foot chipped but otherwise in good condition with the tooling on the spine still clear and the boards in good condition with only a couple tiny scuff marks and a small faint water stain and internally good.l Abkouda Naamregister app. 2 1750 p. 85; Adomeit Thumb bibles C15 32mo; Poortman Bijbel en prentI p. 248 & II p. 281 32mo; STCN 7 copies; Storm van Leeuwen Opmerkelijke boekbanden 93 this ed. in a different binding; Storm van Leeuwen Dutch decorated bookbinding II pp. 76-77 & III items 557-560 on p. 541 64mo; this ed. in a different binding; cf. ; Welsh Bibliogr. of miniature books 998; cf. Louis W. Bondy Miniature books 1981 p. 37 De Groots 1750 French ed.; not in Darlow & Moule; for Anthoni de Groot: Joop W. Koopmans Early modern media and the news in Europe 2018 chapter 7; John A. Lane Early type specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum 2004 pp. 134-135. ABE CAT Bibles Sermons & Psalmbooks hardcover
BB110284Full leather binding with goldprint 12° without page numbers. Illustrated with frontispiece. TOGETHER WITH: Heidelbergse catechismus en Christelijke gebeden. Together 68 pp. hardcover
1840167731840. Religion Children's Literature Rev. Edmund S. Janes D.D. Miniature Bible. With Engravings Abridged and Collated. Philadelphia: Published at No. 2 Taylor's Alley by J. Harmstead and printed by S. Douglas Wyeth circa 1840. Approximately 2" x 2.5" inches. Original embossed brown cloth covers. 203 pages. 18 engravings including frontispiece depicting "Adam and Eve in the Garden" "The Prodigal Son" "Samson Killing A Lion" "Christ's Agony in the Garden" "Moses in the Bullrushes" "John the Baptist" and more. Miniature 'thumb bibles' such as this one were abridged versions of the Bible intended for children and decorated with pictures. <br /> <br /> At the time that this description is being written just four copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time. Pencil ownership inscription on front pastedown reading "Sallie Hitch's Book Presented By Her Father". Sallie practices her name on the rear endpaper and leaves a small pencil doodle. Textblock tight though front hinge has separated from the textblock. Covers whole. Faint titles to spine. Pages occasionally creased and slightly toned but overall clean and attractive. An interesting beautifully illustrated volume in good condition. unknown
181484London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1814. First American Edition. Full calf. Very Good. Miniature Bible 16mo 3.5" x 2" tan calf with embossed backstrip & four hubs newer endpapers all edges gilded complete in ~ 422 6 blank pages. Charming yet sturdy very small Bible dating from the War of 1812. The binding is attractively embossed leather with of course some rubbing. Small binder's ink stamp stating "Armstrong" on rear endpaper. The pages are of strong rag paper which is slightly age-toned occasionally bearing slight discolorations and often slightly dog-eared though that has been reversed in most cases. The type is clear and readable. Overall a wonderful and attractive example of a tiny early American edition of the Bible that used British sheets. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
1911134261Glasgow: Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Glasgow Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son 1911 first thus/ 1896. A thumb Bible 45 × 31 × 27 mm vi 876 pages with 28 full-page illustrations; a tiny magnifying glass is loosely inserted in an endpocket. Full leather extensively decorated in blind with 'Coronation Bible 1911' lettered in blind on the spine; leather a little rubbed at the extremities; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. Issued in honour of the Coronation of King George V this is a reprint of the 1896 edition 'the earliest complete miniature Bible . These Bryce Bibles are embellished with 28 full-page line illustrations reduced from designs by Charles Bell Birch' Louis W. Bondy: 'Miniature Books' 1981. Spielmann 24 not noting this edition; Bondy pages 108-111. Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son hardcover
1696ABC_48370Antwerp 1696. 8vo. Hieronymus Verdussen for Niclaes Braau in Haarlem Exquisite 18th-century gold-tooled multi-colour morocco mosaic binding. The basis of the binding is red morocco the boards show a large flower executed in gold-tooled white green yellow and black morocco onlays with small brown morocco leaf shaped corner pieces within a cusped and scalloped gold-tooled double fillet frame. The outer frame is a gold-tooled black morocco onlay with detailed floral and leaf shaped gold-tooled brown and green morocco onlays. The binding is sewn on 5 supports with corresponding raised bands on the spine. The six compartments are beautifully decorated with gold-tooled yellow 1st 4th and 6th compartment black 2nd and 3rd and green 5th morocco onlays with the title lettered in gold on the black morocco of the 2nd and 4rd compartments the other compartments are show detailed gold-tooling and a small green or red morocco small circular onlay. Further with gold-tooling on the raised bands the head and foot of the spine the board edges and the turn-ins. Gilt edges and green silk covered end papers. With 39 detailed woodcut illustrations in the text and woodcut decorated initials and small printed manicules. The text is set in a Gothic letter with incidental use of Roman type. 1 1 blank 14 837 27 pp. Very rare late-17th-century Antwerp edition of the New Testament edited by Henricus van den Leemputte 1588-1657 in a magnificent 18th-century mosaic binding. The binding is made by or in the style of the French Parisian binders Le Monnier. "The delicate construction finesse of tooling and delineation and the fantasy of these bindings render them veritable jewels." see The History of bookbinding 525-1950 A.D. no. 456.Van den Leemputte was a highly educated cleric from a noble family in the Southern Netherlands. He held high offices within the diocese bishopric of 's Hertogenbosch. Aside from the present version of the New Testament first published in 1622 he wrote several treatises on the Holy Sacraments published 1624 and edited two works one manual for explaining the Holy Scripture and one defence of the Catholic church against the Reformed church.From the library of Carlo de Poortere 1917-2002 a director of the family tapestry business and a Belgian bibliophile with a large collection of 17th- and 18th-century book bindings and illustrated books from the 16th-20th centuries. It had previous been part of the collection of English Baptist minister and book collector Andrew Gifford 1700-1784. The "of the Museum" below his name in the engraved bookplate seems to refer to his position as assistant keeper of books and manuscript at the British Museum from 1757 until his death. Curiously he bequeathed his collection of books manuscripts pictures and other curiosities not to the British Museum but to the Bristol Baptist College. In the 1970s the Trustees of this college decided to sell all copies of the Gifford collection to pay for renovations to the chapel.With the gold-tooled red morocco bookplate of Carlo de Poortere on the verso of the blank fly leaf and a near contemporary engraved paper bookplate on the verso of the title-page possibly of Andrew Gifford 1700-1784. The binding shows minor signs of wear at the outer corners of the boards and spine otherwise it is in fine condition. The bottom outer corner of the first blank flyleaf and the title-page have been restored a slight water stain in the bottom margin of the first half of the work some occasional slight browning. Quire 24 has been mis-bound at the end of the work in quire 3H4 but the collation is complete. Otherwise in very good condition. A very rare late 17th-century edition of the New Testament in an exquisite 18th-century mosaic binding.l STCV 12918655 1 copy; USTC 1535523 1 copy same as STCV; WorldCat 66131050 4 copies including the STCV copy; cf. The history of bookbinding 525-1950 A.D. An exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art November 12 1957 to January 12 1958 no. 456 plate XC. ABE CAT Art History ABE CAT Bibles Sermons & Psalmbooks hardcover
2023511261Holman Bible Publishers 2023. Leather. FINE. 1120pp. 8vo Black Premium Goatskin all edges art gilt three place ribbond gilt ruled endpapers black letter text in black with red headings and paragraph numbers Full-Color Maps dual-column text in Easy-to-Read large-print Karmina type. FINE copy--exceedingly clean and sharp. Holman Bible Publishers unknown
1997510374Broadman & Holman 1997. Leather. NEAR FINE. 986pp. 4x6' slim pocket-sized complete text of the Bible dual column with words of Christ in red. Printed in Belgium. Bound in Black Genuine Leather with gilt edges gilt stamped lettering and gilt-rolled turn-ins. Owner's name imprinted to the front cover pristine copy otherwise with no signs of wear exceedingly clean and sharp. Broadman & Holman unknown
1978513159Zondervan 1978. Leather. FINE. Second Printing of the First Complete Edition of the NIV containing the Old and New Testaments. Text edition. xi 1341pp. tables maps. 8vo Smyth-sewn binding in black 'Top Grain Cowhide' all edges gilt gilt stamped spine lettering black place ribbon. Text edition with dual columns brief translation footnotes words of Christ in black. Some very trivial rubbing to the very tips--almost imperceptible -- and a few light scuffs to the edges otherwise a FINE copy exceddingly clean and sharp with sound binding no markings and blank dedication page no evidence of use. Zondervan unknown
123837London Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament 1653. . 24mo 11.5 x 6 cm; engraved title-page ownership inscriptions in pen to front free endpapers a little toned; contemporary calf covers tooled in blind with initials 'H L' lower original clasp with scallop-shell terminal present upper clasp missing gilt floral cornerpieces faded all edges gilt rubbed with slight loss very good.<br /> A well-preserved 'Pearl Bible' so-called for its small size which made ideal for carrying in one's pocket dating to the interregnum. A pleasant example in the original clasped calfskin binding.<br /><br />The engraved general title depicts Moses and David and the Evangelists and omits the usual words of the King James Version 'by His Majesty's special command'.<br /> ESTC R14315; Herbert 653; DM 496. London, Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament, 1653. unknown
114710Antwerp Christopher Plantin 1572. Large folio. Engr. front 6 720 709-731 1 213 2 pp. Stain in inner upper corner and a small worm hole through pp. 590-650. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards spine with raised bands handwritten title on the top compartment and an old paper label â€A. 142†on the lower boards with rolled decor brass clad corners and middle knobs blue edges and two preserved decorated brass clasps. The 10 brass corners and middle knobs are from the 15th century and the brass corners with corrupt latin texts. From the library of the Carthusian monastry at Buxheim Kartause Buxheim with its library stamp and handwritten signature on the half title also the library signum on the spine is from the Buxheim library. From the library of Victor von Stedingk with book plate. Brekka The Antwerp Polyglott Bible diss 2012. Adams 970. Fine copy of the second part of the famous Antwerp Polyglot Bible by Plantin edited by Benedictus Arias Montanus. This part contains the books of Joshua Judges Ruth Samuel 1-2 Kings 1-2 and Paralipomenon. The fine engraved frontispiece is made by Jan Wierix 1549-1918 and shows the Israelites Crossing the River Jordan transporting the Ark of the Covenant as described in Joshua 3:13-17.The Biblia Regia – so called because it was financed by the king of Spain Philip II – was published by Christopher Plantin 1520–89. It comprises eight volumes with parallel texts in Hebrew Greek Chaldean and Latin translations and was a great achievement by the Plantin firm. It took five years between 1568 and 1573 to produce and it was printed in 1200 copies on four different kinds of paper and 12 copies on vellum. Several of the 1200 copies were however lost at sea on route from the Netherlands to Spain Bekka p. 16. The chief editor of the Polyglot and also acting as the Philip’s orthodox supervisor was the polymath Benito Arias Montano 1527-98 and among his chief assistants were Plantin’s son-in-law and successor Franciscus Raphelengius and several other orientalists. Theologians at the University of Louvain assisted by comparing numerous manuscripts and printed editions to determine what the correct text for the Bible should be. Because of it its high production costs its demands on typographical expertise its concentration of scholarly and editorial skills it is considered one of the greatest single printing enterprises of the sixteenth century. Volume 1-4 contain the Old Testament volume 5 the New Testament and volume 6-8 supplements.The large library of the Carthusian monastry at Buxheim â€.zu Beginn des 16. Jahrhunderts bereits zu den bedeutendsten Klosterbibliotheken Europas.†was sold at auctions in 1883-84 the present volume coming from a complete set of the library. hardcover
1867711New York: American Bible Society 1867. 3/4 cloth. Very Good . 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Folio. 1 872 974 leaves. Printed in raised letters for the blind. Tears to upper margin of front endpapers and edges lightly soiled. Bound in contemporary 3/4 black leather and black cloth which is worn at edges. A scarce early American edition of its kind. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries several decades before the widespread adoption of Braille printers and educators in France and Britain began developing a variety of tactile reading systems for the visually impaired making independent reading among the blind possible for the first time in history. The results of an important competition at the Royal Society of Arts in Edinburgh in 1832 inspired the American activist Samuel Gridley Howe to research and develop his own embossed reading system for the blind which emerged in 1835 as "Boston Line Type." Drawing upon the methods of James Gall an entrant in the Edinburgh competition Howe created an alphabet of angular raised roman letters that "was said to be far less bulky and therefore less expensive than contemporary European roman-letter systems" PRINTING HISTORY p. 20. With the aid of a $1000 grant from the American Bible Society Howe purchased the first printing press for the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind today the Perkins School for the Blind and produced the country's first complete raised-letter Bible for the American Bible Society in 1842. The present Book of Psalms appears to have been printed with the first complete Howe-ABS Bible retaining the pagination of that production and was published separately with a new title page. ABS had published Selections of Psalms in 1835 and the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind a Psalms and Hymns in 1840 and 1848 this is a very early edition of the Psalms. A rare work. Elizabeth M. Harris IN TOUCH: PRINTING AND WRITING FOR THE BLIND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Smithsonian 1981. Elizabeth M. Harris "Inventing Printing for the Blind" PRINTING HISTORY Vol. VIII No. 2 American Printing History Association 1986 pp. 15-25. "The First Books Embossed in the U.S. for Blind Readers 1833-1880" compiled by the Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Bible Resource Center "Translation through Multimedia American Bible Society unknown
182635037New York: Printed for the Society by Abraham Paul 1826. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Bound stitched printed wraps. xii 136 pages. Title on the front cover and on the paper spine. Covers are toned and lightly foxed. Text is lightly toned foxed and creased.<br /> <br /> Contents include list of officers agents reports from various Bible societies Domestic and Foreign correspondence Bible distribution financial information and more. John Jay was President of the Society when this report was published. Printed for the Society by Abraham Paul unknown
1743536711743. SAUR BIBLE. Biblia Das ist: Die Helige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers mit Jedes Capitels Furtzen Summarien Ach Bengefugten Vielen und Richtigen Parallelen; Rebst dem Gewohnlichen Anhang des Dritten und Vierten Buchs Esra und des Dritten Buchs der Maccabaer. Germantown: Christoph Saur 1743. 4to. 4 995. 1 277 7 pp. printed in double columns. Ornamental capitals. Contemporary calf over bevelled wooden boards tooled brass clasps raised bands. Repaired loss to foot of spine made up in matching leather; lower half of second column of one leaf expertly supplied in facsimile; boards rubbed; toning and light scattered foxing else a very good copy. Evans 5127. Darlow & Moule 4240. Hildeburn 804. Seidensticker p. 20. The first European language Bible printed in America and the second Bible printed in America after John Eliot's Indian Bibles of the 1660s. The German text is based on Martin Luther's translation by way of the 34th Halle edition with some books of the Apocrypha III and IV Esra and III Maccabees supplied from the pietistic Berlenburg Bible. It was printed with type sent from Frankfurt by Heinrich Ehrenfried Luther who received twelve of the completed Bibles in return. Though Saur was criticized by the Lutherans in Philadelphia for the ideological slant of his Bible the combination of translations and Protestant traditions did much to keep Saur above much of the local German sectarian conflict. Believed to have been printed in an edition of 1200 copies slightly over one-tenth are known to have survived. Christoph Saur 1693-1758 was a native of Wittgenstein Germany who settled in Germantown Pennsylvania and practiced medicine before turning to printing. A very nice copy of a landmark in American religious and printing history. unknown
1763476151763. SAUR BIBLE. Biblia Das Ist: Die Heilige Schrift Ales Und Neues Testaments Nach Der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers Mit Jedes Capitels Furtzen Summarien Auch Bengefugten Vielen Und Richtigen Parallelen. Germantown: Christoph Saur 1763. 49922773pp. printed in double columns. Quarto. Contemporary calf raised bands spine in six compartments. Calf lightly worn. Minor chipping to head and foot of spine. Lacking the metal clasps as usual. Light scattered foxing and browned throughout. Overall very good. SEIDENSTICKER p.61. ARNDT 269. O'CALLAGHAN P.25. EVANS 9343. HILDEBURN 1877. NAIP w018552. SABIN 5192.The second edition of the first European language Bible printed in America after the first of 1743. The text is based on Martin Luther's version by way of the thirty-fourth edition of the Halle Bible with books three and four Edras and three Maccabees supplied from the Berlenburg Bible. The present edition rumored to be issued in 2000 copies was printed by Christopher Saur II son of Christoph Saur the elder a native of Wittgenstein Germany. The elder Saur emigrated to Germantown Pennsylvania and practiced medicine before turning to printing. It was he who printed the 1743 first edition. A very nice copy of an important early American Bible. unknown
174131833Midhurst West Sussex England 1741. Very Good. Midhurst West Sussex England 1741. Original large example of "Scherenschnitte" or scissor art depicting scenes predominantly from the Old Testament 41x32cm.; mounted within a scherenschnitte paper frame 51x43cm. The entire display is laid down on black mat in a 19th-century frame not examined out of frame. <br /> <br /> Scherenschnitte is the folk art tradition of cutting paper designs often incorporating rotational symmetry and silhouettes. A treasured Chinese art dating back to the invention of paper the tradition was adopted in Europe in the 16th century before making its way to Colonial America primarily the Pennsylvania region two centuries later.<br /> <br /> This is a stunning English example in which the plethora of intricate detail can take some time to take in. The interior centerpiece depicts Adam and Eve under the forbidden apple tree. They and their furry friends are surrounded by an intricate floral border. Below: the twelve Apostles; above: Mary in the manger Christ on the cross and Jesus ascending to Heaven. <br /> <br /> Radiating outward lie what are to us the most impressive part of this piece - eighteen vignettes sixteen from the Old Testament each admirable for their skillful artistry and execution. Jonah and the Whale Cain slaying Abel Death and Time the Last Judgment and Hell are all depicted the latter in the form of a fire-breathing monster. Happily for the historian the British royal arms are depicted as well as a circular lozenge stating the date and a name: "January 1741" and "James Cox" presumably the artist.<br /> <br /> Around the whole is a splendid 4cm-wide border executed in eight scissor-cut strips glued together and each with two or three cut circles within which the artist has written the titles of each Bible scene. Each circle has its own surrounding design with only a couple examples repeated. Though we don't know when it arrived in America this piece was found in a Lancaster Pennsylvania house. A truly superb example of this traditional folk art and a lovely survival. . unknown