Memorial For The Bible Societies In Scotland: Containing Remarks...
A Rich Source of Scottish Printing History Lee, John [1779-1859]. Memorial For The Bible Societies In Scotland: Containing Remarks on the Complaint of His Majesty's Printers Against the Marquis of Huntly and Others. With an Appendix, Consisting of Many Original Papers. Edinburgh: Printed for the Edinburgh Bible Society, 1824. xxxii, 256, 96 pp. Two plates. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Later brown starched buckram, calf lettering piece to spine, top edge gilt, endpapers renewed, some toning to text. Early owner signature to head of title page, interior otherwise clean. $250. * Only edition. A remarkable account of Scottish printing history, part of a legal brief prepared by John Lee [1779-1859] for the Edinburgh Bible Society, which was attempting to prevent the government printers of Scotland, holders of a monopoly patent for printing the Bible, from obstructing the importation of English printed Bibles. This detailed, intensely learned account of the history and bibliography of the printing of the Scottish Bible from the sixteenth century onward, discusses prices, translations, editorial history, technical aspects of printing, typography, format, paper, binding, edition size, illustration, comparisons of Scottish and English workmanship, rivalry between English and Scottish printers, and more. It also contains an exhaustive history of the printing monopoly itself.
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