Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-08-14
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TO pass through the hands of several oI
the most learned men Of the times and
neighborhood before the sheets were
printed, II u related Of l,aphclingus,
q distinguished scholar who was en-
| gagged In reading proof N Antwerp
about 1853, that hc declined tho pro,
lcSorship Of Greek at Cambridge,
pcrlerlng,to correct the text Of tho
oriental language, Plantin, Of Ant
wcp, and Stephens, Of Paris, used IA
,"reaa r"hiioly no shoot of 'hojrhookg
oilcringa reward 10 any who would
discover errors IN them, But very
seldom, II ever, that work is issued
from the press absolutely typogrPahi.
eally perfect, In this respect the Ok
lord edition oi the Bible Is said to he
the most successful work published,
Many are The ludlcrouS and mortiiy
ing mistakes made in printing Eras'
mus, rather unfortunate for himself
corrected lis own proofs, with such
n result that hc declared tia, either
the devil presided over Typography
or lLat there was diabolical malice on
the pat Of the printers Perhaps the
most astonishing example OF bad
proof reading was the edition OF the
vulgatc by Pope SiStus '. His lloli'
ness carefully supervised every sheet
of tins wonderful edition before it
was sent TO press, and stamped it with
his authority Illuminated bull that
any printer who, IN reprinting the
work, should make any alteration in
the text would be cycommunicated
This was printed AS pertece to the first
volume OF the work. Isaac DiGraeli,
in his "Curiosilics OF Literature, ="
il referring to this circumstance, that
ITO the amazcment of the world The
work remained without rival-it
literally swarmed with errata. a
multitude Of scraps were printed to
paste over the erroneous passages IN
order to give the true text. The book
makes whimsical appearance with
these patches ana tne nerctlcs eAu'''
ed in this demonstration of papal IN.
fallibili'y ! The copies were called 'n'
and violent attempt made to suppress
it few still remain for the ,apiures
of the Bible collectors Not long ago
the Bible Of Sixtus V. fetched above
sixty guineas--not too much for Il
mere book otblunlers.'
Another historical erratum was an
intentional one made by printers
widow in Germany, at whose house a
new edition of the Bible was being
printed. AT night she stole into the
Office and altered the passage-Genesls
ill.,, 16-which makes Eve subject TO
Adam, by taking out the two first
letters of the word Herr, used in Ger
man and substituting in place Na'
The passage thus improved read land
he shall be thy fool" instead of, land
he shall be thy lord, as it should have
been. 1t is said that this woman was
punished by decapitation. Perhaps
the most striking error of all in any
edition of the Bible was the omission
of the negation in the seventh COM
mandment in one instance This
edition was very effectively suppress
ed.
In reporting Parliment some ten
wears ago. one OF our morning papers
contained statement to the effect
that the Hon. Mr.. Hclton SAID he had
no doubt that Mr.. Morris was tight
(right), a single letter proving very
derogatory both to the speaker and to
the very highly respectable gentle
man to whom he referred. d.-Fi'om
"7Ae Daily Newspaper" IN Ne'o
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