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To: davisfh

Could you contrast your copy with this page: http://www.greatsite.com/facsimile-reproductions/kingjames-1611.html
(Claims most “1611” reprints aren’t.)


29 posted on 12/12/2011 6:24:24 AM PST by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: ctdonath2
The title pages that you can click on and enlarge are identical to mine. The book's spine is not identical though. Beginning at top of the spine (I've separated each with quotes to denote a change in level from top to bottom) "Holy Bible" "1611" "King James Version" "400th Anniversary Edition" and near the bottom "KJV (plus unreadable symbol)" and "ZON" "DER" "VAN"

I'm reasonably certain that the text is identical to those in your ad. The text is the typical Gothic print of that day and includes the confusion that we of today experience with some of the characters, e.g., confusion between "f" and "s" for example.

I feel fairly certain that what I have is a genuine copy and I am a bit suspicious of their ad. They, of course, are interested in selling their product and the price, if that can be regarded as an indicator, would denote a high quality product. Just a suggestion. If you can print a couple of their pages, take them with you and compare it to the $5.00 version you might feel a bit more confident (or not). Good luck.

30 posted on 12/12/2011 7:47:28 AM PST by davisfh
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