The Holy Bible : reprinted according to the Authorised version 1611.
| Uniform Title: | Bible. |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London : New York :
Nonesuch Press ; Dial Press,
1924-1927.
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| Edition: | Japon vellum. |
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| Item Description: | Ransom, Private Presses, pages 365, 367. One of 1250 copies on Japon vellum of Apocrypha, one of 1000 copies on Japon vellum of the other four volumes. Title-pages, head and tail pieces designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. "This book has been printed by Frederick Hall, printer to the University, at the Oxford University Press ... The copperplates have been designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. The typography has been arranged by Francis Meynell. ... Twelve hundred and fifty copies, numbered 1 to 1250, have been printed on Japon vellum for England and America; and seventy-five, numbered I to LXXV, on Arnold unbleached rag paper."--Colophon, The Apocrypha. "This book has been printed by Frederick Hall, printer to the University, at the Oxford University Press ... The copperplates have been designed and engraved by Stephen Gooden. The typography has been arranged by Francis Meynell. The edition is limited to 1,000 copies on Japon vellum and 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper"--Colophon, Genesis to Ruth. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Bibliography & Book Arts copies are from the Edgar Fisher Wells Collection of Typography and Fine Printing. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Bibliography & Book Arts copy of The Apocrypha is number 539. |
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| Physical Description: | 5 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm |