 ... produced, there might have been less occasion to have noticed it; but there was something. in the whole character of the affair, which, if not unprecedented, rendered it singular in the usual current of human events. This Bible was in two folio volumes,...  Bibliotheca Spenceriana ... - Page 6by Earl George John Spencer Spencer, Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Classical philology - 1811 - 560 pages
...dissertation. At present, I shall only repeat what I have there observed upon it : that this Bible is "justly praised for the strength and beauty of...the register, the lustre of the ink, and the general beauty and magnificence of the volumes. As an early, if not the earliest, specimen of the art of Printing,... | |
 | James Townley - Bible - 1813 - 230 pages
...Fust. A copy of this very rare edition is in Earl Spencer's valuable library, and 160 is said to be "justly praised for the strength and beauty of the...the register, the lustre of the ink, and the general beauty and magnificence of the volumes." (186) There is also a magnificent copy of this Bible in the... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 576 pages
...After describing its peculiarities, Mr. D. adds, This work is justly praised for the .strength mid beauty of the paper, the exactness of the register, the lustre of the ink, and the general splendour and magnitude of the volume. As an early, if not the earliest specimen of the Art of Printing,... | |
 | James Townley - Bible - 1828 - 398 pages
...rare edition are in the Royal, the Bodleian and other libraries. One in Earl Spencer's is described * "justly praised for the strength and beauty of the...the register, the lustre of the ink, and the general beauty and magnificent of the volumes."* There is also a magnificent copy of this Bible in the Royal... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - Booksellers and bookselling - 1839 - 1266 pages
...It forms two volumes in folio, is printed in the large Gothic or German character, and is said to be "justly praised for the strength and beauty of the...the register, the lustre of the ink, and the general beautyjand magnificence of the volumes." It is without date, a circumstance which has occasioned considerable... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Bible - 1845 - 672 pages
...singular in the usual current of human events. This Bible formed two volumes in folio, which have been " justly praised for the strength and beauty of the...exactness of the register, the lustre of the ink." It was a work of 1282 pages, finely executed — a most laborious process, involving not only a considerable... | |
 | Reformation - 1847 - 340 pages
...singular in the usual current of human events. This Bible formed two volumes in folio, which have been 'justly praised for the strength and beauty of the...exactness of the register, the lustre of the ink.' It was a work of 1282 pages, finely executed—a most laborious process, involving not only a considerable... | |
 | 1851 - 396 pages
...singular in the usual current of human events. This Bible was in two folio volumes, which have been justly praised for the strength and beauty of the paper, the exactness of the register, and the luster of the ink. The work contained twelve hundred and eighty-two pages, and, being the first... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Gift books - 1851 - 250 pages
...singular in the usual current of human events. This Bible formed two volumes in folio, which have been justly praised for the strength and beauty of the paper, the exactness of the register, and the lustre of the ink. It was a work of twelve hundred and eighty-two pages, finely executed, a... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 pages
...Faust, a goldsmith, furnished the necessary funds. This Bible was in two folio volumes, which have been justly praised for the strength and beauty of the paper, the exactness of the register, and the lustre of the ink. The work contained twelve hundred and eighty-two pages, and for a long time... | |
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