The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-20
PRICELESS OLD BOOKS.
Rare Publications Found on the shelves q
the Minneapolis Central Library.

Rare Publications Found ON the shelves Of
the Minneapolis Central Library.
DIR. Hcsmer, of the Central library,
has made ample preparation for all
delegates and visitors attending the
big convention who may feel the need
OF reference TO books-and especially
does this apply TO Bibles-whieh are
not commonly on public sale. Aside
from the library collection of old and
valuable Bibles and religious reference
books, Dr. John Wright, of ST Paurs
church. St Paul. has very kindly
allowed the use OF his extensive COL
lection OF rare old Bibles. many of
which are hundreds of years old The
library collection numbers one hum
dred and forfy-four Bibles and
Testaments. printed in almost
every known language. and biblio-
philists will be well repaid with a visit
to the library. DR.. Wright's collec-
ton mum oers ffty-seven volumes, and
they represent a small fortune in their
valne.
The Vinegar" Bible, published in Ok
ford in i7i7: the famous first edition of
King James Bible, printed in 1911, and
the same as the version now in use; a
Dutch version, corrected by the Luvain
doctors, and published as the author
lied Bible OF Holland The rarity of
the latter Bible is accounted for by the
destruction of corresponding copies
during the reign of Phillip IL Among
the other Bibles are Vulgate edition
of Sextus v, published in Antwerp in
IT'S; Latin Vulgate of the fifteenth
century, St Jerome's Latin Bible, in
teresting because of annotations on
its pages in Melancthon's handwriting,
published in 1880; epistles of st. Paul,
with Mic. De Lyra's commentary, done
by hand in the fourteenth century;
the "Breeches" Bible, so called from
some peculiar version of the text; the
Saur Bible, printed by Phillip Saur,
and very rare from the fact that il
was the first English Bible printed in
America-at Germantown in l776
A very beautiful book is the His
tory of Syria" written in Syriac, on
vellum. Another famous Bible is
one which belonged to Robert Southey,
the English poet, and which contains
his autograph There is another
quaint-looking Bible, secured origi-
nally from the convent of La MERGED,
Mexico. Ii reposes in a curious wood
case made out of many different kinds
of wood from Yucatan. Another val
liable and beautiful book is deco
rated edition of the Book of Common
Prayer" according TO the last edition
adopted few years ago. II is the
property of Rev William Wilkinson OF
this city. A very fine edition of the
Talmud. published in Amsterdam in
1898, is also on exhibition.
An old book which looks as though
it might have been made before the
flood, reposes on table by itself. 1t
is old-fashioned, rough, and dingy,
tattered and torn, but the superstition
advanced as to its antediluvian
origin is refuted by its sacred con-
tents. 1t is a Bible-an Icelandic
Bible A young Icelander, who
came 10 this country, brought
the Bible with him, aud when
in Minneapolis a few years ago he pre-
sented it TO Librarian Hosmer for safe
keeping. 1t had been in the family
for hundreds of years, having been
handed down from one generation To
another. There are several Indian
Bibles, one of which is printed in the
language Of the six nations A Bible.
at one time to FitZ-Green
Haileclx is in the collection and il
contains the autographs of both Hal
leck and John Greenleaf Whittier
Minneapolis Journal.