Our Own English Bible: Its Translators and Their Work, the Manuscript Period (Classic Reprint)1kg Limited, 2018 M02 7 - 338 pages Excerpt from Our Own English Bible: Its Translators and Their Work, the Manuscript Period To Lord and Lady William Cecil also the warmest thanks are due, and are hereby presented. Lady Cecil assisted her father, the late Baron Amherst, for years with his magnificent library, of which she said, It was very complete, from the earliest Manuscripts through every stage of the printed Editions. I can never forget the many, many happy hours I spent with him collating and com paring each precious volume, which he always touched with the gentle finger of a true book lover. Lady Cecil thought so highly of the present volume that she suggested its purchase to Queen Alexandra. Both she and the dowager-queen of Sweden have ordered copies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
