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ROGERS, Bruce, typographer (1870-1957) – BIBLE, in English. The Holy Bible. Oxford: Printed at the University Press, 1935.
A superb copy of ‘the finest Lectern Bible ever produced in English’ (Herbert). Limited to 200 copies printed on hand-made paper. Bruce Rogers, an acclaimed American type designer, oversaw work on the Bible for 6 years, making annual trips to Oxford until the project’s completion in 1935. Herbert 2249.
2 volumes, folio (465 x 325mm). Half-titles, printed in double-column using Rogers’s Centaur type (lacking the limitation leaf, as usual). Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, uncut: cloth slipcases tipped in morocco.
[Sold with:] ROGERS, Bruce. An Account of the making of the Oxford Lectern Bible. Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, [1935?].
A superb copy of ‘the finest Lectern Bible ever produced in English’ (Herbert). Limited to 200 copies printed on hand-made paper. Bruce Rogers, an acclaimed American type designer, oversaw work on the Bible for 6 years, making annual trips to Oxford until the project’s completion in 1935. Herbert 2249.
2 volumes, folio (465 x 325mm). Half-titles, printed in double-column using Rogers’s Centaur type (lacking the limitation leaf, as usual). Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, uncut: cloth slipcases tipped in morocco.
[Sold with:] ROGERS, Bruce. An Account of the making of the Oxford Lectern Bible. Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, [1935?].
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