The noble printer and his adopted daughter: : a tale of the first printed Bible. /
Nieritz, Gustav,1795-1876.
Overend, Campbell,Mrs.,translator.StEdNL
Matthews, William,1822-1896,bookbinder.StEdNL
Randeria, Phiroze,-2001,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh: : William Oliphant & Co., 57, Frederick Street.,
[1873?]
Work was first published in German in 1841 and was written by prolific German folk and youth writer, (Karl) Gustav Nieritz, who was considered one of the most successful German writers of popular tales during the 19th century.
Also translated into English under the title "Gutenberg and the lost child" (1860).
The book was from the library of bookbinder William Matthews (1822-1896). 20th century armorial Zoroastrian-themed bookplate on the front pastedown "Phiroze K. Randeria".
The vellum binding may have been done by William Matthews (1822-1896), who was born in Scotland but moved to London as a child before emigrating to New York in 1843, where he became a respected bookbinder. He was made a member of the Grolier Club in 1884.
Gutenberg, Johann, ǂd 1397?-1468
Gutenberg Bible
Scotland Edinburgh.