Photoengravings used in The Holy Bible, 1949.

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Photoengravings used in The Holy Bible, 1949.

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Fifty-one photoengravings of decorated initials and ornaments used in printing The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised (Cleveland and New York: The World Pub. Co., 1949), known as "the World Bible;" 975 copies printed by A. Colish, from designs by Bruce Rogers.

51 photoengraving plates ; 10 cm. and smaller.

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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A. Colish (Firm)

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American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882–1963) immigrated with his family to the United States from Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century. In 1894, at the age of twelve, he took an after-school job with a small printing shop in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Over the next few years, his duties progressed from sweeping the shop and selling papers to feeding the press and composing type. When he was sixteen, Colish and his mother moved to New York Cit...

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957

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Indiana-born American book designer for the Riverside Press. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Danbury, Conn., to Mary Herrick f the Boston University Library, 1950 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270865113 Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), American typographer and book designer. From the description of Photoengravings used in The divine comedy of Dante Alighieri, 1955. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 435687901 From the description of ...