World Holy Bible Lectern Bruce Rogers HUGE 1949 LE 975 Colish 19×13″ Vintage Rare

Rare 1949 Bruce Rogers World Holy Bible. Designed by famed typographer Bruce Rogers, this beautiful Lectern Folio edition Holy Bible measures 19 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 3.1/2 inches and weighs almost 24 pounds. This was a Limited Edition printing, with only 975 copies. It features full red cloth with gilt titles on spine and pictorial gilt design on front and rear covers. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut.  The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1949. Edition limited to 975 copies. Folio. xxii, 941 pages. Printed by A. Colish from designs by Bruce Rogers for the World Publishing. . 51 photoengravings of decorated initial & ornaments. Elegant lectern bible from one of the foremost typographers of the 20th century!  Please look in out eBay store connectibles for other bibles.