COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_csc0062_baskerville_cambridge.jpg
Identifier:
cc_csc0062_baskerville_cambridge.jpg
Title:
Leaf from the Baskerville Cambridge Bible
Creator:
Baskerville, John 1707 - 1775
Summary:
The magnum opus of Baskerville, England's 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 has to barrow 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.
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Ege, Otto F., 1888-1951
Date of Original:
1763
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
bibles
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
book
Dimensions of Original:
42.9 x 31.4 cm
Original Item Location:
csc0062
Library Collection:
Original Leaves from Famous Bibles
Digital Project:
2020_0002_famousbibles
Place:
England - Cambridge
Rights:
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Rights:
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
Notes:
Box-Folder: 3.28