RARE OLD BIBLES.
-AN INTERESTING DISPLAY. In connection with the tercentenary of the authorised version l of the. Bible there was a most interesting display of old editions in the window of the Sunday School Union depot, Queen street. Auckland). Some of the volumes are • from the collection of Mr. H. Shaw. One Latin Vulgate, 70 years old, is in excellent preservation, the whole of it being manuscript magnificently executed with artistically illuminated capital letters. Other interesting Bibles are the “She” Bible of 1613,and the Bishops’ Bible of 1613. Mr George M. Johnstone (solicitor) has sent a “breeches” Bible with brass bound edges, date 1611. Another interesting Bible is lent by Mr H. Le Bailey, it being the French Huguenot edition. These interesting old volumes are all of high value, and arc surrounded with the latest modern editions. Numbers of passers-by paused to examine these old-time books, the execution in the Vulgate being the subject ol : considerable favourable comment.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3217, 13 May 1911, Page 8
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159RARE OLD BIBLES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3217, 13 May 1911, Page 8
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