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[Fragments from Samuel 2nd in embossed letters].

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1 detached leaf from 2 Samuel, chapter 13:36-39 and chapter 14:1-12. King James version.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bible.
Other Authors: Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York?] : [American Bible Society?], [between 1842 and 1866?]
Subjects:
Bible. > Samuel, 2nd. > Selections > Versions.
Blind > Printing and writing systems > Specimens.
Bibles for the blind > New York (State) > New York > Specimens.
Embossing (Printing) > New York (State) > New York > Specimens.
Description
Summary:1 detached leaf from 2 Samuel, chapter 13:36-39 and chapter 14:1-12. King James version.
Item Description:Title devised by cataloger.
Boston line letter was a tactile writing system a popular precursor to the now-standardized braille created in 1835 by Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe the first director of the New England Asylum for the Blind (now Perkins School for the Blind). The letterforms were an angular modification of Roman letters and had no capital letters.
Physical Description:1 leaf (page 529) ; 39 cm