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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 9, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 61.

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The Bible

The first book printed from movable metal types was the Latin Bible in the year 1455.
The King James, or Authorized Version of the Bible, was first printed in 1611, by Robert Barker.
The first Bible printed in this country was in the Indian language in 1663, by John Eliot.
The first English Bible printed in this country was in 1782.
The first Bible printed in New York City was in 1792. George Washington owned a copy.
The first Bible printed on India paper was published by Bagster in 1828.
In 1865 Bagster bound the first Bible with “yapp,” or divinity circuit edges.
The Cambridge University Press—the earliest of existing presses to produce a Bible—issued the King James or Authorized Version first in 1620.
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