Shelfmark
Lx.1.01 - Lx.1.05
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. Authorized. English 1903
Title
The English Bible : containing the Old Testament & the New / translated out of the original tongues by special command of His Majesty King James the First; and now reprinted with the text revised by a collation of its early and other principal editions and edited by the late Rev. F.H. Scrivener M.A. LL.D. for the Syndics of the University Press Cambridge.
Varying form of title
Cambridge paragraph Bible
Publication, distribution, etc.
Hammersmith : The Doves Press, No. 1 The Terrace, Hammersmith, MDCCCCIII-MDCCCCV [1903-1905].
Physical description
5v (394, [2] ; 518 [2] ; 390, [2] ; 300, [2] ; 308p) ; 33cm.
Note
Printed by Emery Walker and T. J. Cobden-Sanderson.
Note
Text of Dr. Scrivener's 'Cambridge paragraph Bible'.
Note
Paper has horizontal chain lines, watermarked.
Note
Doves type printed in black with red initials.
Note
All vols have ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Provenance
Vol 1 has five loose ms. letters (dated 1917-1920) to [?]Albert Daniel Rutherston from T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, discussing the purchase of this bible, referring to the binding, and with an explanation of the some of the printing processes and subsequent 'foxing' of all Doves Press Bibles.
Binding
All vols with tan morocco binding with gilt lettering on spine, gilt tooling on spine and boards, and gilt edges ; housed in black cloth boxes ; bound by the Doves Bindery by Cobden-Sanderson (binder's stamp inside back board).
Added entry--name
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J., 1840 - 1922 (Thomas James) printer.
Added entry--name
Walker, Emery, 1851 - 1933 printer.
Added entry--name
Rutherston, Albert, 1881 - 1953 former owner.
Added entry--name
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Added entry--place
England London Hammersmith.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B24944