Arizona republican., 1900-09-07
COLLECTION OF BIBLES
Rare Old Prints Gathe' ed by One Man
 On Exhibition in Boston.

In the western part Of the s-ate there lived until recently gentleman f wealth who made il his hobby to co lact specimens of early printing, and par tiaularly early editions f the Bible and parts of it. On account of his death, and the breaking up of the old home, this entire collection has now goc into the hands of the pres mt rosses- sors. who have just finished arranging them. As Is well known. the fist com plete Bible printed in Erg.i-h is what is known az Coverdale's version. which was issued on the 4th of October 1535. Tho second Ve,s.on is usually called "MattheWs' Bible" and Was brought out under the supcrinte ndeuce If John Rogers. the first edition being issued in 1531 This is mainly made up from Cuverdale's version and from Tyndal ; version of the New Testament pr - viuusiy issued John Rogers. fir some reason assumed the name of Thomas Matthews" anl i; iS on this account thas it is known usually as the M ittl- eWs Bible IL was p~pbab' y sumed to conceal the fact that a part of his Bible was TYndale's translation. who's writings had been cond nned by the English authorities. Of th:s Matthews Bible there were two reprints made in the year 1J49 fourteen " arS after the first complete English Bible had be n issued Copies 0f both of these edi- tions If 15i9 are included in the pres mt collection. One of th-s- was printed by Day and Seres. anu is SometiTes known as the Bug Bible" on account of the peculiar reading of verse of the nine ty-first Psalm. Thi.- edition is not only one cf the excessively rare early Bi- hles but il is peculiarly in:eres in 2 from the fact that f5rty-n.na of tha cngravin2s are impressions from the identical wood blocks used in the Bible Of l525. IT is also famous for contain ing some notes which are said to be in no ether edition. and some of which in fact were severely criticized as being even indecent.
 After these the number of editions of the Bible began tu rapidly increase. and each had. as rule, sOme special mark to distinguish it from it's rivals, anl anything like a collection of tn m is of ;he greatest interest to the s-u- dent either of Biblical literature or If early printing. One of these especially worthy of note in the present COllec- tion is the last folio edition of what is known as the Great Bible" This was printed in Rouen in 1866. It does no- resemble any previous issue of the same Bible, the text being in larger ard mere heavily leadeG type.
 Again. there are at least three speci- mems of the Genevau Bib.e more com monIy known as the famous "Breeches Bible, so named on account of the pc cuiiar rendering of the seventh ve~~e of the third chapter of Genesis. These three copies bear the dates of 1892 1605 and 1G1O. The one printed in 1e07 is d small folio in size and is very curious as containing the family record n manuscript of a seventeenth century owner.
 The famous "Baskcrviuc Bible If 1763. known as enc of the handsomest Bibles. typographiCally. ever issued, is also represented by a very fine copy; and in marked contrast to this in s'za is a copy of what is known as the Thumb Rible" (not half as big, by the