The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: newly translated out of the original tongues. stereotype edition.

[KING JAMES VERSION].

Published by Oxford Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co, 1826

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Stereotype edition; 24mo (15 x 9 cm); a little browned; contemporary straight-grained red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, slightly rubbed with minor loss to extremities, very good. A handsome Georgian stereotype King James Bible, bound in contemporary red morocco gilt. 'William Ged (1690-1749), the inventor of stereotyping, obtained in 1731 a contract for printing Prayer Books and Bibles for Cambridge University. But he completed only two Prayer Books, and surrendered his lease in 1738. Thwarted at every turn by trade jealousy, he failed in all his attempts to establish a business. "Subsequently Andrew Wilson, the Earl of Stanhope's practical man, starting where Ged left off, worked out the plaster-of-Paris plan that preceded the papier-m�ch� system, which has established stereotyping in its present position"' (Herbert). Seller Inventory # 121306

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Title: The Holy Bible containing the Old and New ...
Publisher: Oxford Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co
Publication Date: 1826
Binding: Hardcover

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