Research Catalog

Title

The Holy Bible : containing all the books of the Old and New Testaments.

Publication

North Hatfield, Massachusetts ; New York City : Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Moser, Barry
• Hutchinson, Bradley
• Cohen, Claudia, 1953-
• Creighton, Sarah
• Carter, Matthew
• Woodman, Richard J.
• McGrath, Harold
• Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891.
• Pennyroyal Caxton Press, publisher.
• Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne, papermaker.

Description

2 volumes : illustrations; 41 cm

Uniform Title

Bible. English. Authorized. 1999.

Alternative Title

Pennyroyal Caxton Bible

Subject

• Bible > Illustrations
• Bible

Genre/Form

• Wood engravings.
• Illustrated works.
• Sacred works.
• Wood-engravings – Massachusetts – North Hatfield – 1999.
• Vellum bindings (Binding) – Massachusetts – Easthampton – 1999.
• Artists' books – New York (State)
• Artists' books – Massachusetts – Easthampton – 1999.
• Vellum bindings (Binding) – Massachusetts – Easthampton – 20th century.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Galliard.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Mantinia.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Mantinia Greek.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Le Bé Hebrew.

Note

• Each Testament has a special title page.
• Includes some red rubrication.
• Issued in 2 clamshell cases (44 cm).
• Spine title on case for volume 1: The Five Books of Moses. The Books of History. The Books of Poetry.
• Spine title on case for volume 2: The Books of Prophecy. The New Testament of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ.
• Within volume 1, each group of books (Pentateuch, History, and Poetry) is paginated separately; within volume 2, the Books of Prophecy and the New Testament are paginated separately.
• "Designed & illustrated by Barry Moser. It was composed & printed folio by Bradley Hutchinson at his press in Austin, Texas. The computer generated type was rendered into polymer printing plates and printed letterpress. The presswork commenced in the spring of 1997 and was completed in the autumn of 1999. The text follows that of Frederick Scrivener's 1873 Critical Edition of the Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English (King James) Version. The typefaces are Galliard, Mantinia & Mantinia Greek designed by Matthew Carter of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Based on models by Robert Granjon & Andrea Mantegna. Mr Carter also designed several new decorative & typogrphic elements for his types specially for this work, including the Le Bé Hebrew which is seen here for the first time. The hand lettering for the Rubrics God, Christ & Amen is the work of John Benson of Providence, Rhode Island. The paper is Zerkall Bible. It ws custom-made from cotton and high alpha cellulose for The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible by the Zerkall Paper MIll in Zerkall, Germany. The paper for the special copies was made by Kathryn and Howard Clark at Twinrocker handmade paers in Brookeston, Indiana. The watermarks were designed by the illustrator based on 16th-century French models. The illustrations were engraved in Resingrave, a recently invented polymer resin engraving medium. The blocks were cast by hand for Mr Moser by the inventor of the medium. Richard Woodman of Redwood City, California. The bindings are from the combined workshops of Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The prints that accompany the special copies were printed on hand-made Japanese kitakata by Harold McGrath. Advisors to the project were Paul Mariani, Shalom Goldman, Michael Coogan, Robert Fagles, Kim Merker, Martin Antonetti and Cara Moser. The entire project was made possible by the good offices of Mr Bruce Kovner of New York City. All appropriate copyrights are held by Pennyroyal Caxton Press. " -- colophon, V. 2.

Language (note)

• Added title page for each group of Old Testament books in Hebrew. Added title page for New Testament in Greek: Hē Kainē Diathēkē tou Kuriou kai Sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou.

Binding (note)

• Letterpress printed. Bound in vellum with headbands sewn on vellum thongs. Vellum straps attach the front and back pastedowns to the covers. Title in gilt on front cover and on spine of each volume. Volume number, publisher and date at foot of each spine. Issued in cloth-covered drop-spine boxes with paper labels on spines.

Contents

Volume one. The King James version of the Old Testament of the Holy Bible : which comprises the five Books of Moses, the twelve Books of History and the five Books of Poetry / designed & illustrated by Barry Moser -- Volume two. The Books of Prophecy. The King James version of the New Testament of the Holy Bible : which comprises the four Gospels, the twenty-one Epistles and the Revelation of John / designed & illustrated by Barry Moser.

Call Number

Rare Books+++ 21-621

OCLC

43401892

Title

The Holy Bible : containing all the books of the Old and New Testaments.

Publisher

North Hatfield, Massachusetts ; New York City : Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Added title page for each group of Old Testament books in Hebrew. Added title page for New Testament in Greek: Hē Kainē Diathēkē tou Kuriou kai Sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou.

Binding

Letterpress printed. Bound in vellum with headbands sewn on vellum thongs. Vellum straps attach the front and back pastedowns to the covers. Title in gilt on front cover and on spine of each volume. Volume number, publisher and date at foot of each spine. Issued in cloth-covered drop-spine boxes with paper labels on spines. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-621 is no. 92 of 400 copies.

Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts North Hatfield.

Added Author

Moser, Barry, book designer, illustrator.

Hutchinson, Bradley, printer.

Cohen, Claudia, 1953- binder.

Creighton, Sarah, binder.

Carter, Matthew, type designer.

Woodman, Richard J., manufacturer.

McGrath, Harold, printer.

Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891.

Pennyroyal Caxton Press, publisher.

Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne, papermaker.

Research Call Number

Rare Books+++ 21-621