Cheap Bibles: Nineteenth-Century Publishing and the British and Foreign Bible Society
The cheap Bibles of nineteenth-century Britain were read in millions of homes, and were also potent symbols of national virtue. In an age of social ferment, cheap Bibles - most published by the British and Foreign Bible Society - represented both the promise of mass literacy and the benefits of industrialisation. This book, based on correspondence and other archival records, tells the story of the BFBS from two perspectives: its place in the history of publishing and printing and in...
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The story of the British and Foreign Bible Society - a publisher and Victorian social institution.
Preface; Sources and acknowledgments;1. Saints in publishing; 2. A Bible translation, 1804-1840; 3. The BFBS and English printers, 1804-1864; 4. The BFBS and London bookbinders, 1811-1864; 5. The BFBS and bookselling, 1804-1864; 6. The transaction renewed, 1850s and 60s; Epilogue; Appendix; Select book list; Notes.
