High on the list of all deviant typography Bibles, including the Wife-Beaters, the Vinegar, The Wicked, and others, is the well-known, but rather rare, "Murderer's Bible." The typographical error occurs in Jude 16.
Original:
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
1801 Murderer's Bible:
These are murderers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
The good news is, I suppose, that whiners were off the hook.
Rare in any condition.
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated Out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Oxford. Dawson, Bensley, and Cooke. 1801.
5.5 x 8.5 inches appx. Original full calf, boards detached but in a good state. Textually good with handling and thumbing. Fine as is or worthy of rebinding. Definitely worth preserving and offered here at a reasonable price.
