The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-02

was written. The best known COW was
originally in possession of Mr.. John
Allen, the sale of whose library causad
such stir in bibliographical circles in
New York. 1t brought 5000. A conv
now would be worth $1,000 to 81, 500.
a second edition was printed at Cam
bridge in 1855, and a copy disposed of
at the BI1ndley sale sold for $500.
=, Inc frst book printed in America was
.nat published at Cambridge, Mass. in
Ioz9' ,and known as the f'Bay Psalm
1 book. In Bible printed at the same
town In 1858 twoimpprtant errors were
made which are said to have been inten-
tional tricks ON the part Of the hreyerent
eompositor. The substitution of ..ripbt-
-eousness" for 'unrighteousness in
homans, vi, 13. gives a lndicrouss turn
to the verse. In |. Corinthians. vi. Q.
the omission of the word 'snot'' promises
tne inheritance Of heaven to the un-
| There is on view at Messrs. iLeavitt,s.
the book auctioneers, a ~Bible of
the Sword,' printed in 1885 at Mem
chateL Switzerland ,neby Peter : de-
| Wlngle. This book, issued at the
instance OF the Waldenses, was
published under the personal super
vision Of Calvin and Oliyetan, hiszcoad.
Jutor. 1t takes its name from the emblem
OF the printer on the -title-pase. Mr..
Peter Cooper and Prof. j. A. Weisse
are said topossess copies, which are rare
and valuable. The Messrs. Leavitt also
show copy of one of the first printed
edltlons OF the Scriptures, which was
published i'm 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 l166O),
the first. printed. in Roman characters
instead of in black. letter, 1t. is,curious
to note that the first book ever stereo-
typed was tbs, New Testament in Syriac.
and that the first book published by
subscription was a Polyglot Bible in six
volumes, edited by j. Walton. and dated
London, 1867. ! - .ivst,ss
Original copies of the King James
version are occasionally sold in America.
Mr.. John Carter Brown, Of Providence.
K. L., purchased for f40 at Sir. William
llte's sale in London in 1874 an imper-
feet volume of Tyndalfs translation of
the Pentateuch.. AT the same sale Coy
erdale's SO English Translation of The
Holy Scriptures, in black letter, sold
for ESQ, and a Breeches Bible brought
Ell. Mr.. Brown was formerly propri-
etor of the four great national PolvgIot
Bibles Comprehension -Q51lfO,
the Paris Polyglot ften folio volumes,
large paper edition), the Antwerp Poly
glot (six volumes), and Walton's Poly
glot, with g Casteifs sLexicpn''y (eight
volumes folio) An interesting work to
photographers is the Great or Crom-
wells Bible, which bears the. arms of
Thomas, Lord Cromwell, on the title-
page. 1t was begun by Grafton and
Whitchurchi in Paris in 1923 md finished
in London in 1889. The titles were de-
signed by Hans Holbein.i Imperfect
copies only of the black-letter edition of
Tyndall and Coverdale's Dutch andsl
Latin translation, printed in double col
umns, with wood-cuts by Hans. Gebald |
Beham, are in existence in America. A |
moderately good specimen is valued at |
from $3.50 to $1,000
Fabulous prices are on occasion paid |
for scarce books. The highest sum re-
corded as having been given for Bible
was that paid. for ''Mazarin' copy at
the Perkins sale in London in 1873
93, 400. Two leaves were in fac smile. /
Mr.. Perkins had bought it in 1925 for
1854. The highest figure ever realized
in America was for a two-yolume copy
of the same edition, which Messrs.
Leayitt sold recently for $1,000. Mr..
Hamilton Cole, an amateur collector,
was the purchaser. For the Sykes copy
of the same book f2,690 was paid in
1873. A specimen is at the Lenox Lii
brary. The Mazarin Bible in the Bib
liotheque Rationale of Paris is the most
valuable copy of the Scriptures in the
world. This version is called also the
'Guttenberg,'' having been the first
printed with movable types. 1t is printed
in double columns in two volumes. De
Brue, the great French photographer,
discovered it in the library Of cardinal s
Mazarin, whose name. the edition has
since bore, There are only eleven
copies known to exist, and none of these
s perfect. At the Menzies sale in New
York, $3.50 was paid for two leaves of b
Faust & Shaetfer' s-1472 version. ..S N
An industry which is prosecuted with
success and has received great impetus
# late years is the purchase OF, biblical l.
md other works for the sake of their
,lates, the books being torn up and their
uts used for illustrating valuable copies
# the Bible. The idea may be said to
lave been first carried into effect in the :
publication of Grangers History of
England in 1769-74, of which work
wenty sets We're struck off on Atlas
'aper, space being left for the insertion
f illustrations. Old Bibles, which are
lot rare, derive their value from the use
0 which their plates may be put. Mr..
Wright, from the firm of John Wiley's
ons, has constructed some valuable
ooks in this manner. The famous. s'ten
housand dollar" Bible contains about
0, 900 illustrations, most of which have /,
cen inserted. A London bookseller
AIMED Brown spent about thirty years
his life in collecting engraVings for :