Cheap Bibles: Nineteenth-Century Publishing and the British and Foreign Bible Society (Cambridge Studies in Publishing and Printing History)

The cheap Bibles of nineteenth-century Britain were potent symbols of national virtue. This book, based on correspondence and other archival records, tells the story of the British and Foreign Bible Society from two perspectives: its place in the history of publishing and printing and in contemporary society.Leslie Howsam is the author of 'Cheap Bibles: Nineteenth-Century Publishing and the British and Foreign Bible Society (Cambridge Studies in Publishing and Printing History)', published 1991 under ISBN 9780521393393 and ISBN 0521393396.