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

manuscript facsimile some Writings in tbe
ornailehtal initials have either been pasted
markably we'll preserved copy. model FOR the
pest 81 modern printers, WIZ
~, gutenberg. first of ALL" says De Winnie In
his Invention OF Printing, made tvnas in
brass moulds and mqtrices. In other words. il
was , only through the invention Of matrices
an art, Considered from mechan icsI poiSt 81
view, the merit Of Gutenberes invention may
mould was not merely the rst t il u tbs tyhs
practical mechanism in making types For
mo- more t than 400 Years his mould has been UNI
YET CRITICAL examination, and many attcmuts
nave been made To supplement it, Contriv-
ancrs have been invented for casting tIfty or
types like nails out Of cold ' steel sMlaKi foI
ssttamning tyres from cylindrical steel dyes upon
has shown that these and ike Ell invont Ers"G in
i IN, nspair,ment q ynemakng machinery are
thsm hsTe is no better method
chimes have moulds attached to them which
are more exact and more carefully finished,
which Gutenberg never dreamed. but in prin-
tho , and in all the more Important features
mSude o oRds may bo regarded as the
Two years ago the Chelsea Square COLLECTION
o %as sErs9 ,Sd BY ~. tho s Of Bible
R Rpkia s3kS5o t2r Il Thls is the fourth latin
printed at Bamberg in 400 bv Albrecht Pfister,
nrobehly, one Of Cutenberg's workmrn: and
the thirI printed at strqsburs l9 400 Il by
10 StrasGurS Bible are Known HleS and 0S ons OF
them is in the Lenox, Library, According to
OF 1902 at Montz and sold the copies in Paris
as manuscripts Tor sixty crowns. D'Israeli
tells this hns s,1ry yo q this Bible: 49,.
and the sale Of them was Entrusted to Fust as as
thsm at 20 crowns rero copy, while the other
scribes demanded 300 universal astonish-
m men, was created. and still more when he, pro;
Of ne \ &c. copies Increased the wonder, In
on on, s 8, ,, hts Lodgings a srs9t NUN;
Tusts red ink is Peculiarly brili ia tN which sm
beilished his copies was said to I've his blood
and IT was solemny adjudged that he was in
obliged Ito save himself from n bonfire to re-
veal his art to the Parliament Of Paris who
Grafton Of the Wonderful f nye"tion III CONSUL
DeNinnc, however. says that Fust was received
with high hunors in Paris by the King and lead
store in Paris. Fust d ed in Paris in the plague
Of ,43o i 81 = believed He T9s buried in the
forms the supplcmept I? the Memoirs Of Phil,
iinprohablel that Fust may have taken advan-
taGe Of the Ignorance Of the discovery OF print
ing and have sold this Bt bic OF 1852 as manu-
very much the characters used in Writing
i@r eHy n sa RE
kinds. the first marked with bulls head. the
second with bull entire and the third with
two keys, The text Is the same as that OF the
MaZarin Bible. There are forty eight linas to
re- page. An the initials and the numbers o.
the chapters are inserted by hand A few
leaves OF the Chelsea square copy are mended
and the last leaves OF the first volume are
slightly wormed The copy bears a coophon
al nyy in n " n IN MI az nI nj |
Mentz was sacked by Adolphus OF Nnssa u
three m9nths later. and the printing house O.!
1902. therefore, Ia very rare Printers were
driven away. and the art o. printing books
Tsss introdqesd int" many EnRrop@an c:, u.s.
Bible was printed in probably n thousand edi-
tions, nearlyalI them large and costly; In the
Chelsea Square collection. the Latin Bible may
over Europe. Heinrich Eggesteyn. ior a time
5a q hs s.s # b fhr set a hs
press in Strasburg and in 1896 printed three
editions Of the Latin Bible Copies OF ,. these
n n""hsG%f 99S ae 's sr n fasf
Two copies OF the frst edition are in the
lhrary-one bound In contemporaneous oak
boards. the other in paper boards and h ,a
was in the library until a few days ago. when n
fine copy was received from 0mar,teh, W wfs
liam Morris at Kelmsco't HOUSE. Ham
msrsmith, and, was chosen by Morris Tor
m ms [ate The rst page 81 each volume
is finely painted with figures Of saints
grotesques. flowers. scrolls and the like. There
are numerous Illuminated initials with mar
ginal designs and ornamental pen letters. 1t
e bound IN, old calf and has cardinals OLD ex.
tihiir'df EGgssteyn Is in the library Fegesteyn
was Mnster Of Arts and Master OF Phtloso-
ply. an officer Of the city and Chancellor OF the
At One OF the printers in Fust and schoeffer
Office IN Me!T wno drye Who ont we at9r E{9o
iocne ana installed MS presses il The moq y
terry of Weiderhach opposite the Abbey Of 81
lillian f R,Sn b as fh Tst G hnxsh
printer The firSt, Billie from The father q
The Cologne press, ms Zen has been called Is
R5qi the Press @ ~ co SH G fs'h bs Of
sa in ' Snort o 12o y' soSs a ON stout Ep
RiHS[ 4Ss Tn6 S' lsE1' ths bra %y
formation Of the 'R" This is generally at.
trGutel TO MenteIin, who used similar Tyre in
About ten copies Of this edition are known. DR..
KIoss lcat aogue of 1885 holds that there are
"" saSns on the same npSsr hsTs9e
lin : name, the other win the singular n,
one Of the Witnesses in the ilrst iHwsp,. be-
He began printing Bibles at Basic. in Swtzcr'
land. soon after the sacking OF Mentz. His
first BlnIs, the nTSt DOCK brinIeu III oWllEe''
land probably in 1870, is in the Chelsea Square
collection Rodt had n partner. hernharl
Rebel The Basic Bible IS a perfect COPY OF =
very rare rdition It's hound in boards and
old calf, with a parchment hnck. and hears
neither names nor date. Then there ls Peter
Schoeff-rs second edition. n corrected reprint Of
the Bible Of l4G2 extremely rare. from ne
Duke Of ROxburghs library. 1t Is printed IN
| n beautiful gothic type. vii quaint inilia S "
/ red blue and brown. This copy. In blue mo
| rocco. sold in the Earl OF AyleslOrds sale In
| London in 1889 to Quaritch for e. He priced
T. In,I col a in fDF
| The Coberger Bibles are nearly AL III the COL
| lection-th- frat edition Of 1919. the edition o
| l477 the two editions Of May ana November
| 1873: the editions Of 1919. $50. l4Sl, l4Sl
| 1897, l4D3 l+A7. and several in the sixteenth
| century. Anthony Coherger IL said o. hay,
| had twenty four presses and 100 men at work
| In his shop in Nuremberg. In twenty,I;si'
! years he printed thirteen editions OF the bihlc
| one in German, and The oth"rs In Latin: , Al
| are beautiful iOliOS. Dbdin SAYS that the fra
| edition IL "a magnificent and curious per
! formancn." There are no numerals or printed
| signatures The type is \ coarse ana rather m
elegant gothic. one Of the con'emp"rnn.."on
| Nuremberg Bibles : the second edition OF thi'
! Vuguta. printed in l471 by A. frlsner and j
| nsenSchmid
Among the Bibles OF the first half century Of
| printing few are move highly przed than tn
| nrst paris Bible soon after rust sOiI hi