Original leaves from famous Bibles, leaf 048: Baskerville Cambridge Bible, 1763 A. D.

Bible. O. T. English. 1763

Description:	Original caption: The magnum opus of Baskerville, Englands greatest type-founder and printer. For the printing of this imperial folio Bible, he moved his press from Birmingham to Cambridge. As he was able to secure only 264 subscribers (at four guineas each) for the edition of 1250 copies, he had to borrow 2000 to complete the work. It is a paradox that Baskerville should have issued, at great financial loss, several editions of the Bible when he unblushingly avowed not only his disbelief of, but his contempt for revealed religion, and that in terms too gross for repetition. His Cambridge Bible is one of the four monumental printed editions-the other three being the Gutenberg 42 Line Bible, the Doves Press Bible, and the Rogers Oxford Lectern Bible. Nehemiah--Upper margin.; Double columns.; Provenance: Original leaves collected and assembled in portfolios by Otto F. Ege of Cleveland, Ohio.; Portfolios were sold and disbributed by New York bookseller Philip C. Duschnes, ca. 1948. This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about
Origin:	1763
Contributor(s):	Baskerville, John, 1706-1775;Ege, Otto F.;Duschnes, Philip C.
Publisher:	Printed by John Baskerville, printer to the University
Source:	http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/BibleLvs/id/241
Collection:	Original Leaves From Famous Bibles
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography:	Cambridge Cambridgeshire England United Kingdom Europe
Subjects:	Bible--History Printing

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