The Gospel of St. Matthew (Amoy Chinese version) adapted for blind readers in the Island of Formosa /
Campbell, Wm.1841-1921Scottish Presbyterian missionary
London: British and Foreign Bible Society,
1888.
Continuous pagination. Paginated from back to front. Vol.1: 83 p.; Vol.2: 84-167 p.
Pages printed (embossed) on one side only.
The Gospel of St. Matthew, adapted for the blind was produced using a system of embossed words in the roman alphabet. Due to the embossed letters the text could only be produced on one side of the paper and the letters had to be significantly larger than written texts to allow the letters to be felt clearly. Printers had to produce new, larger size type blocks and with the text facing the other direction.  As the embossing process pushed the letters from behind the page the letters in the type block had to face forwards for the text to appear correctly.
After taking up theological studies in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was born, William Campbell (1841-1921) was instructed by the Presbyterian Church of England to undertake missionary work in Taiwan. He was stationed in Taiwan-fu (now Tainan) between 1871 and 1917, returning to his native Scotland where he died in 1921. During his residence in Taiwan he published The Gospel of St. Matthew adapted for the blind in 1888 and in 1889, after returning to Glasgow to raise £500 funding, began the island's first school for blind children.
Presentation inscription in ink on front pastedown of volume 1 reads: Presented to the Advocates' Library by Wm. Campbell, Taiwanfu, Formosa, China, July 1889.
England London.