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Title: Pickering Diamond Greek Testament, 1828
Creator: Pickering, William, 1796-1854
Ege, Otto F
Date Created and/or Issued: 1828
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 the Pickering 'Diamond' Greek Testament, 1828 A.D., Londini: Gulielmus Pickering; The smallest Greek Testament ever published. The size of type employed is known as 'diamond,' and there are sixteen lines to an inch. William Pickering was England's most important bookseller and publisher at this time. His series of miniature books, now known as Diamond Classics, were then regarded, and still are, as a great achievement in typesetting and printing (Darlow and Moule 4816)."
Type: text
Identifier: 64cb7af3-de2e-4df1-b012-248be5b596d7
https://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/documents/detail/12331
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Language: Modern Greek (1453-)
Subject: Bible--History
Printing, Greek
Greek language, Biblical
Miniature bible
Miniature books
Printing--England--History--19th century
Printing--Specimens
Place: London (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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