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The Gospel in Many Years - a rare catalogue of historical publications of the Bible or parts of it

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"The Gospel in Many Years" edited by Rev. R. Kilgour - list of 835 historical publications in any language in which any part of the Bible was printed, in chronological order from 1456 to 1925, including publications from the British Bible Society, the National Bible Society of Scotland, the American Bible Society, and others. From the "House of the Bible" library at 146 Queen Victoria Street, London. London, 1925.

In the introduction, the editor mentions an interesting fact: in the year 1500 AD, only 14 languages had any printed portion of the Holy Scriptures, by 1600 the number had already risen to 40, and by the end of the 19th century, the number had reached 567.

Rare. Does not appear in the world cat global library catalog.

78 p. High-quality paper. Partially detached cover. Missing back cover. Good condition.

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235. The Gospel in Many Years - a rare catalogue of historical publications of the Bible or parts of it