The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-10
RARE WORKS.

Among the many rare hooks gathered by
the association 'Or exhibition, is a four ccntr-
ry Bible, printed at Venice in ll16, "evi-
IDENTITY with prophetic intentlon' Douay
tCathOlic) bible of 1910, a curlousllttlc copy,
supposed to have belonged to John Milton !;
n fac-simile Of the first English scripture,
| ryndalcS, 1873; n King James ot l6ll the
Mathews Bible Of John Rogers 1919, and
several American bibles. The association
has also prepared II neat little pamphlet,
| giving sample texts in one hundred and six
| tv.iour languages, with information as to the
socicty's work. Copy Of EIliotts Indian
| bible, 1868: the first bible printed in Amer
Aitkin bible, the first printed here in Eng
| lish, by Robt. Aitkin, 1881; Collins quarto
| bible, Trenton, 1871 -, handsome bible,
printed in beautiful style, $3.50; II curious
old Ductch bible OF 1859. rhe oldest estab.
lishmcnt in the country, originating with
Christopher Sowcr Sr. at Germantown, Pa,
in l73S, who established the first type fOun.
dry in America, and who printed a quarto
German bible, after Iuther's thrty.iOurth
Halle edition, which he finished printing
1900 copies Of it in l7I3. This was the first
bible printed in this country in II European
language. II was proceeded eighty years by
F.lliot's Indian bible, but it was not till forty
years afterwards, 1881, that the first English
bible was printed in America. The firm eX.
hibit two of the first Sunday school tickets
printed in America. A New York house
exhibits in this department two eighteen
karat pen and pencil eases, each with din.
mond in the head, value 800. Another one
firm displays an eagle made of three thous
9nd gold pens. One firm exhibits apparent.
ly what is small roll Of thin paper, but is 4
half inch in length. Another firm ream CT
paper, GxlS, weighing 20OO pounds, with
trimmed edges, called the Monarch.
The French is considered the finest colcc.
ton OF books in the building. 1t is worth
$50, 600, and nearly half has been already sold
to John Hopkins university. Among the
rare works are Balbus de Janua, Catholicon
of the fifteenth century, in a superb binding
ol that era which has required sixth months
Of uninterrupted labor. Tie French also
display copy Of Montesques-"L lie Temple
de Guide " in quartO, the binding OF which
cost three thousand francs. There are fifty
exhibitors from France in this department
Germany has one hundred and forty.iiv,
exhibitors in this department, who SHOW
2,O9s books and 23j periodicals. very fin,
bible is exhibited, Hexaglot, in Hebrew
or Syriac, Greek, Latin, English, German
and French. Spain displays playing cards
Sandwich Islands, photographs.
Mexico has the best literary exhibit iron
any Spanish American country. Norway
mostly statuary. Peru in her bookcase ex
| hihits cigars exclusively; let MS hope that
this is simply to impress the vulgar with the
| idea emo putting needed This box Is
lacked hence the inference. Japan, an
English and Japan dictionary, with hye hun.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Switzerland has but small
exhibit. and they are done up red bind
| ing. This is strange for a land Of thinkers
writer's and scholars. Turkey, line fmed
icoI works. One firm from Jersey City show
a coil Of lead for pencils, 1000 feet in length
The above is but trilling sketch of this i'm
portant association, but is valuable ns evi
dence of the accomplishment OF the bool
men Of the United States. | am indebte,
| for these facts to Prof. Dorsey Gardner, on
| " the clearest.headcd writer and authors 0
the New York pres, formerly Of the RounC
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