The sun., 1894-01-04
4 GREAT coL1no1rox OF BIBLES.
Ths Cspisesr Coneerou OF Lsun BIBLES
Soon 90 Arrive Here.


The Copinger collection Of Latin Blbles,
which Is considered ss valuable n bibllo-
graphical treasure as has ever been brought
10 this country. will soon be placed In the
library Of the General Theological Seminary
on Chelsea square. The collection was made
by Mr.. W. A. Copinger. L. s. A.. T. II. 8 A. OF the
Middle Temple. Barrlster- at-Law, Professor
OF Law In the Victoria University. and Presl.
dent Of the BiblloRraphcal Society II u said
to be the largest collection Of Latin Bibles in
the world The collection was many years in
making and the Bibles. many OF them. were
discovered in odd places all over Europe. The
collection consists Of 5I3 editions in 1854 vol
umes This is 81 more editions that the Brit
ish Museum owns 3jl more than are 10 bo
found in the Bodleian Library. Oxford. and
37U more than the University Library Cam
bridge owns.
The Church,ndn. tho organ OF the Episcopal
Church. says that some friends OF the seminary
have com bined to present the collection to the
seminary and states that the books are soon to
be shipped from Europe.
The collection is valuable because OF It's size.
and also. In equal measure. perhaps, because
Of the many rare Bibles. In some cases the
only copies and in other cases the only perfect
copies in existence. Tho oldest Bibles named
In the collection are those OF the fifteenth cen
tury. There is one edition OF the year 1883.
which is not found In any public library, and
also another Bible OF the year 1DlS Some
the RsyaspurSh edition q Itis, the
.stSn ssnST 81 dliS iGs5 Of w6s6 tSs the @
says there are only three other copies
known. one in the Bodleian. one in the Bib
ilotheque Rationale. Paris. and the third at
Ing. Another rare edition is the Scot OF l4Se.
Royal Library at Stuttgart. Then there Ia
perfect copy Of an unidentified edition oi l4Dl
the British Museum, and two imperfect copies
In the Bodleian. Other valuable editions OF
this M century are those In the tSberger serifs les
first edition Of 1916. the edition Of i477. the
tyo edition, e i47S the SatioG. Of ~. i4sO
OF the series In the sixteenth century
One OF the most valuable bibles in the sl1-
Ssnsf Serp PoiSSSt Witch was known own at one iRo
as the eighth wonder OF the world This
% are six imperfect % copies in the British Siue
Cory Of the polys9t % Of %Hntter In sT gSlqmes ps
el0t Bible OF Elias Hutterus ranks among the
scarcest books In blblioRraphy.' The copies
its having been printed at the private expense
OF Hutterus Only a few COPIES were struck oir
ller Years, are the first "Sacon edition oiil50J
the first Nostre edition OF lol2, the Venice edi-
oa OF tsIo wnieh Is sm1us fars Ipr nqJns se
ton OF 526, a Latin translation Of the Scptua-
gint, no copy Of which is to be found in the
ton Of Ant de hy OF 1919. being tho original
edition OF the tran nslation from the Hebrew OF
verses are mum mbered the first stephen edition
Of 1923. the scarce Cologne edition OF Quentel
w afI .ne snSrayInes BY SprinRinE
in the British Museum, in the Bodleian. in the
university library at Cam bridge. or In the Bib
liotheuue Nationale. Paris .
One OF the most interesting Bibles in the
which was SO vigorously prohibited and sup
pressed that all tho copies obta nable were
date is the Zurich version OF 1913. which is
considered the first and finest edition OF this
transsGn 1hsa there the SsEnS ysI
and which was once owned by the Duke OF
sussex; Another rare Bible. which tho late
very rare first edition OF Clarus OF ij42 in
which he corrected the text in S,0OO, places;
MINISTER'S translation from the Hebrew OF
1874. Another historical Bible is the original
St Basie in i:IJi aud dedicated TO Edward ii.
Then there is the first edition OF the version Of
Tremellius and Jnnius In 1919. with the llrst
edition OF the Old Testament from the, Sep
tgaGint, Issued at 4, Rome in 1hsS and the
ent Douay version is taken,
In the seventeenth century are many rare
edition OF IO42 in eight volumes folio printed
for the King OF France and copies of the Binlia
Magma OF l643 in ilye volumes folio and Of the
Biblia Maxima W 1850 in nineteen.
Certain interest as well ns value attaches to
some of the bibles because OF their former
owners. Numbers werc owned by tho Duke o'
Sussex. and the Gryphius edition OF 1000
three volumes folio formerly belonged TO Car;
dinnl Louis de bourbon. This volume Is bound
in old red morocco. and hears on it's sides tho
Cardinals arms stamped in god
IL is expected that the books will arrive in
New York early Ia the year. The work OF cata-
loguinG and arranging them on the shelves
will probably tnke about two months. Tho
seminary very generously offers the privilege
OF consulting the books to biblical scholars in
the country.