- Title
- Baskerville Birmingham Bible, 1769
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- Creator
- Baskerville, John, 1706-1775; Ege, Otto F.
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- Date
- 1769
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- 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."
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- Format Extent
- 1 paper leaf; 42 x 27 cm
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- Subject
- Bible--History; Printing--England--History--18th century; Printing--Specimens
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- Collection
- 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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- Type
- ["Manuscripts"]
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- Geographic Location
- Birmingham (England)
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- Language
- eng
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