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Title: Baskerville Birmingham Bible, 1769
Creator: Baskerville, John, 1706-1775
Ege, Otto F
Date Created and/or Issued: 1769
Contributing Institution: Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library
Collection: Early Manuscripts and Printed Book Leaves Collection
Rights Information: Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. Please refer to: https://library.lmu.edu/archivesandspecialcollections/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Description: Caption: "Leaf from a Baskerville Birmingham Bible, 1769 A.D., Birmingman: Printed by John Baskerville; Baskerville, England's greatest type-founder and printer, had announced his retirement from active printing the year before. He returned to the press, however, and hastily printed this folio Bible to compete with a crudely printed one issued by his most vituperative enemy, Nicholas Boden, and his former senior workman, Rober Martin. This Bible, although far inferior to his Cambridge Bible, was a financial success."
Type: text
Identifier: b54454ab-a8c6-4680-8bf7-b8314c72724a
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Language: English
Subject: Bible--History
Printing--England--History--18th century
Printing--Specimens
Place: Birmingham (England)
Source: Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Relation: Original leaves from famous Bibles : nine centuries 1121-1935 A.D. : collected and assembled by Otto F. Ege; BS399.L3 E33

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