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Keepsake issued on the occasion of the joint meeting, the Philobiblon Club of Philadelphia and the Rowfant Club of Cleveland, 27th October 1983.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Misc Print Collection oversize box 3 no 15
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Philobiblon Club.
Contributor:
Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio)
Amber Beetle Press (Philadelphia, Pa.)
William H. Allen, Bookseller.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Library Company of Philadelphia.
Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Printing--United States--History--Specimens.
Printing.
Genre:
Keepsakes.
Physical Description:
1 leaf ([2] pages) in folder ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Amber Beetle Press, 1983.
Notes:
Title from folder cover.
"Enclosed is a leaf from the Second Saur Bible (Germantown, 1763), the first Bible printed on American paper; from an incomplete copy donated for the purpose by William H. Allen, Bookseller, Philadelphia."
"One hundred sixty-five copies printed in October 1983, by the Amber Beetle Press, Philadelphia. Distributed at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia"--P. [4] of folder.
Cf. J. Wright. Early Bibles of America, p. 46-47.
OCLC:
57496777

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