The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02

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tlon OF the contract between the publisher and
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called tho Poor Mans Bible" Sscnuge Of ito
s sIze, and was Intended for scholars who could
Latin anerto ip ia5. and a folio in i4oa
Erasmus, The scholar. settled in BasIe early in
cRe dr ana Sdsn "dv anu Bsse Became the
literary centre Of Europe
~ Among the other Ct more notable editions OF
Reynsbutch edition. Of 1A7s; a fine copy in the
original binding 81 tho Reinhard, edition Of
only in the Bodlsian Library the Royal Ii.
hrary at STUTTGART ana the BhiiothEqnc M
ton OF 1901 OF which there are only three or
four COPIES known the rare Scot edition. pub
roS The M Xnss d Sc ba R OF s
melites; and De Lyra's .Commentaries Co
Among the 2OO-odu slxtcenth century edi-
tons. many Of them enriched with curious and
sacqn ISSHSSt1 q fH 15 he s, aT tire
edition Of ISL; "A bible of 1920 from the Re-
phius clifton Of 1850 from the library Of Cardl-
nal Louis de, Bourbon, bearing the Cardtnars
Sno wth mn sHh Of ' wheh ,hae
are 200 by Joan, Andrcae. bearing tho 'Junc;a
liy II red on the tic Page the rare cra,an;
s;oS of iss5s rnfi gin .rS% thS
verses: tho first Etcnne edition Of 1a2s: the
scarce Coimgne edition Of Pucntel. 1922, cor
qs Sy dc @orms h wo S
common Pryrus edition, OF 1880. with seventy
Ra orsfna By Hone Of ana
lati9n from tho Hebrew. 1924; tn" rar" flrst
se1ition OF Darius Venice; l242i: corrected IN
the original version OF Hcntenius. printed at
Louvain in 1547. the cory formerly O"longng
to the Duke OF Sussex the original edition Of
the translation of Castalto, printed at Basic in
1851 and dedicated &c. Edward VI: tn" first
edition Of the version OF Tremiiu and Junins
in 1870: tho frat London edition OF 1850: the
very rare edition. issued ut Rome In 1888, -
the Old Testament frem the Septuagint tbs
Roman edition OF 1893. from which the present
Douay version is taken: and Hugo Portals
folio Bible OF 1872 esteemed as very correct
because II was revised by Michael Servetus.
This edition was suppressed and all obtainahle
copies were thrown into the fire in which Ser
vetua was burned to death
the famous Antwerp Polyglot Of l55o-GO pub
lished by Montanus in eight folio volumes Tor
Philip II of spain. Although the British Mu-
scum has six copies of this edition, not one Of
them is perfect. II was once called the eighth
wonder OF the world" Then there il tho six
volume PolyRlot OF Hutterus. also published in
this century. In the seventeenth century is
beautiful copy Of the great ten-volume lie Jay
rolyglot. the handsomest Of all polyglots, pub
lshed 1b2S-45l by Guido Michael L. Jay at his
tune in the work. having rejected the proposal
OF Cardinal Richnru to drfray the cost ofpub-
location on condition of kichelieus name be-
ing inserted N place Of De Jays, Rcheieu
did all In his power to depreciate the value Of
the work. so that its sale practically
stopped and De Jay ruined. Among the scores
OF other seventeenth century editions are the
Bibla Magma OF 1913, in five folio Volumes the
Bihiia MaXima OF 1890. in nineteen folio, vol
printed in Paris in 1912 Tor the King Of France.
fine COPY from the library OF Lord CARING
ford In the editions OF the last two centuries
are many rare and interesting.