Inscribed by a Leading 19th Century Bookseller
The Bibles in the Caxton Exhibition, MDCCCLXXVII, or, A bibliographical description of nearly one thousand representative Bibles in various languages, chronologically arranged from the first Bible printed by Gutenberg in 1450-1456 to the last Bible printed at the Oxford University Press the 30th June 1877
Notes: A catalog of Bibles exhibited in 1877, spanning more than four centuries. This edition is described as a special edition, revised and carefully corrected, with additions.
Stevens, the editor and probably the cataloguer, was the pre-eminent bookseller of his era. He was American and helped build the major American collections in the mid-19th century while mostly working from London.
151 pages.
Edition + Condition: Light wear to green publisher's cloth, else a very good copy. Inscribed, "Mrs Sophia C. Page from her Affectionate Brother Henry Stevens GMB. 4 Trafalgar Square Lond Feb. 23, 1878." Scarce inscribed.
Publication: London and New York: Henry Stevens IV and Scribner Welford & Armstrong, 1878.
Item No: #362338
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