The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-11-11

Book" In Bible printed at the same
town in 1858 two important errors were
made which are said to have been inten-
tional tricks on the part of the irreverent
coniposienaj The substitution of "right-
eousness" for ''unrighteousness" in
Romans, vi. Ii. gives ludicrous turn
to the verse. In !. Corinthians, vi, 81
the omission of the word '.npt" promises
the Inheritance W heaven to the nm
righteous.
There is on view at Messrs. Leayitt's,
the book auctioneers, "Bible of
the Sw0nis' printed In 1875 at fSeu-
chatel, Switzerland, by Peter de
Wingls. This book, issuedsiat the
instance of the jfWaldenses. was
Published under the personal super
vision of Calvin and Olfvetan, his coad-
jutor. It takes shame from the emblem
of the printer on the title-page. Mr..
Peter Cooper and Prof. j. "A. Weisse
are said toppssess copies. which are rare
and valuable. The. Messrs. Leayitt also
show copy OF one of the first printed
editions of the Scriptures. which was
published in Latin at Nuremberg by
Anthony Coberger in 1475,.. The cap
itals are Illuminated by hand. The
volume Is bound in vellum on oak
panels, the covering stamped with relig-
ious designs. 1t was bought at Frank
fort last summer There are copies In
America Of Beza's Geneva Bible (l66O,
the first printed in Roman characters
instead OF in black letter. 1t Is curious
to note that the first book ever stereo-
typed was the New Testament in Syriac,
and that the first book published by
subscription was a Poiyglot Bible in six
volumes, edited by j. Walton. andda
London, 1867. 4.a~st. fnf
Original copies OF the King James
version are occasionally sold in America.
Mr., John Carter Brown, of Providence,
K. l., purchased for f4Q at Sir William
fite's sale in London in 1874 an imper-
feet volume Of Tyndalls translation of
the Pentateuch. At the same sale Coy
erdale's I" English Translation of the
Holy Scriptures in black letter, sold
for ESQ, and a Brooches Bible brought
Ell. Mr., brown was formerly propri-
etor OF the four great national Polyglot
Bibles--the Comprehension (l514-l7),
the Paris Polyglot (ten folio volumes,
large paper edition., the Antwerp Poly-
gtot (six volumes), and Walton's Poly
+glot, with . Castelrs Lexicon (eight
volumes foho), An interesting work to
photographers is the Great or Crom-
wells Bible, which bears the arms of
Thomas. Lord Cromwell, on the title
page. II was begun by Grafton and
Whtchurchin Paris In 1923 and finished
inLondon in 1889. sThe titles were de-
signed BY Hans iiolbein, Imperfect
copies only OF the black letter edition OF
'Tyndall and Coverdale's' Dutch and
Latin translations printed in double col
nmns, with wood cuts by Hans. Gebald
Beham, are in existence in America. A
moderately good specimens is valued at
from S!3Oto Slow baa .snl
Fabulous prices are on occasion paid
for scarce books. The highest sum re-
corded as having been given for a Bible
was that pald for '.Mazarin, COPY at
the Perkins sale IN London In 1871
ts,40O Two ieaveswere IN fac simile.
ME-. Perkins had bought IT in 1925 for
to6f. The highest figure ever realized
IN America was for a two-volurne copy
's--~ - ><''sse>'sss W -<A><--< e'AS-,e't p
Leavitt sold recently for y, 600. Mr..
Hamilton Cole, an amateur collector,
was the purchaser For the Sykts copy
OF the same book, E2,6 $50 was paid in
1873. A specimen Is at the Lenox Lii
brary. The Mazarin Bible in the Bib
iiotlieque N stionale' ofe Paris isEtlie most
valuable copy Of the Scriptures in the
world. This version * called also the
i'tiuttenberg,' having been the first
printed with. movable types 1tis printed
IN double columns in two volumes 2, De
Brue, the great French photographer,
Uncovered It in the library ct. Cardinal
Allazarlns. whose name the edition has
since bore. There are only eleven
copies known to exist, and none OF these
is.peffect. AT the Menzies sale in New
York. SO: 30 was paid for two leaves of
Faust q Shaefers 1f72 version.
AN industry which is prosecuted With
success &rd has received great impetus
Of late years + the purchase of biblical
and DINER works for the sake (lf fhpir