Case 6:
Bible. English.
(Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1763).
This Bible is set in the primer type of Baskerville’s own design.
On loan from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Alan Coleman
Case 7:
Bible. English. Authorized.
Two specimen pages (The Book of Esdras) on vellum.
(Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1903).
Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker. The type was cut by Edward Prince in Jenson’s roman; the initial letters were cut by Edward Johnston. The Donohue Rare Book Room also has a five-volume set of the Doves Bible on paper.
Bible. Old Testament. Genesis.
In Principio
(Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1911).
This book was published on the tercentenary of the first publication of the King James Bible in 1611.
Case 8:
Bible. New Testament. English. Authorized.
The Four Gospels
Wood engravings by Eric Gill, design by Robert Gibbings.
(Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931).
From the library of Eric Gill, with his bookplate.
Eric Gill
"The Feeding of the Multitudes"
Wood engraving for The Four Gospels.
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching"
Wood engraving for The Four Gospels, with original woodblock.
Case 9:
Bible. English. Authorized. 2 volumes.
(Oxford: University Press, 1935).
Designed and printed by Bruce Rogers, the American book and type designer. Rogers modified his own Centaur type in a 22-point size. Double-column is used throughout. A typescript of Rogers’s “An Account of the Making of the Oxford Lectern Bible” is shown, along with a manuscript and a pamphlet. Additional manuscript materials and ephemera documenting the making of this Bible are housed in the Donohue Rare Book Room.
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