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BIBLE, Psalms, Latin. Novum Psalterium Pii XII. An Unfinished Folio Edition of Brother Antoninus O.P. Los Angeles: Brother Antoninus (William Everson), 1955.
2o (393 x 252 mm). Original blue morocco, front cover with gilt crucifix and gilt-lettered title, spine gilt-lettered, top edge trimmed, others uncut, by the Lakeside Press; cloth slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate) -- SMS (presentation).
LIMITED EDITION, number 12 of about 48 copies, with the presentation leaf inscribed to St. Mary's Seminary. Brother Antoninus intended to honor the five-hundreth anniversary of the publication of the first Psalter by printing a folio edition of the new translation published by the Vatican in 1945. He began work on the project in 1951 and anticipated it would take 6 years to complete 48 copies of the 300-page work. By 1954, only 76 copies had been completed on a hand-press set up in the College of St. Albert the Great in Oakland, California when Antoninus decided the project must be abandoned to allow him to devote himself to the priesthood. The press was closed. Robert O. Shad writes in his introduction: "From the first, Countess Doheny had been one of the chief supporters of Brother Antoninus and his Psalter. In this book, coming from her beloved California, she saw an extraordinary manifestation of spirituality in printing. Her profound religious faith, her many years of experience as a collector in forming her own notable library, and her devotion to fine printing, joined to convince her that the Psalter, even though incomplete, was worthy of preservation... She asked if she might have the privilege of sponsoring the publication and distributing the 48 copies among important institutions. Brother Anoninus was prevailed upon to write an introductory note, and this Countess Doheny had printed and bound with the Psatler leaves in a manner befitting a remarkable work of beauty, devotion and craftsmanship." See Msgr. Francis J. Weber, The Unfinished Psalter (San Fernando, CA: Junipero Serra Press, n.d.) with detailed census locating 19 numbered presentation copies and 26 unnumbered copies.
2o (393 x 252 mm). Original blue morocco, front cover with gilt crucifix and gilt-lettered title, spine gilt-lettered, top edge trimmed, others uncut, by the Lakeside Press; cloth slipcase. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate) -- SMS (presentation).
LIMITED EDITION, number 12 of about 48 copies, with the presentation leaf inscribed to St. Mary's Seminary. Brother Antoninus intended to honor the five-hundreth anniversary of the publication of the first Psalter by printing a folio edition of the new translation published by the Vatican in 1945. He began work on the project in 1951 and anticipated it would take 6 years to complete 48 copies of the 300-page work. By 1954, only 76 copies had been completed on a hand-press set up in the College of St. Albert the Great in Oakland, California when Antoninus decided the project must be abandoned to allow him to devote himself to the priesthood. The press was closed. Robert O. Shad writes in his introduction: "From the first, Countess Doheny had been one of the chief supporters of Brother Antoninus and his Psalter. In this book, coming from her beloved California, she saw an extraordinary manifestation of spirituality in printing. Her profound religious faith, her many years of experience as a collector in forming her own notable library, and her devotion to fine printing, joined to convince her that the Psalter, even though incomplete, was worthy of preservation... She asked if she might have the privilege of sponsoring the publication and distributing the 48 copies among important institutions. Brother Anoninus was prevailed upon to write an introductory note, and this Countess Doheny had printed and bound with the Psatler leaves in a manner befitting a remarkable work of beauty, devotion and craftsmanship." See Msgr. Francis J. Weber, The Unfinished Psalter (San Fernando, CA: Junipero Serra Press, n.d.) with detailed census locating 19 numbered presentation copies and 26 unnumbered copies.