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Prothro B-65

Title

Subject

Bible - English - King James Version

Description

The King James Version of the Bible was protected and only allowed to be printed by the king's printer or the official printers of Cambridge and Oxford. Baskerville became the printer at Cambridge in 1758. Includes tables of measurements and guides such as the Table of kindred and affinity to aid the reader.

Creator

Baskerville, John, 1706–1775, printer and Kidder, Richard, 1633–1703.

Source

Prothro B-65. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1763.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

English

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book

Collection

Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection

Citation

Baskerville, John, 1706–1775, printer and Kidder, Richard, 1633–1703. , “Prothro B-65,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed September 18, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/726.