"The Promise Bible" prints every one of God's promises in boldface.
MOST SCANDALOUS BOOK A copy of the so-called Wicked Bible, printed in London in 1631.
The "Eliot Indian Bible" was the first bible printed in America, in 1663.
It also confiscated thousands of copies of the Bible printed in Indonesia which used the word "Allah" for God.
The Gutenberg Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany, in the 1450s, was the first mass-produced book in history.
He translated the Bible from Greek into Romanian; and the Bible printed in 1688 by the Walachian prince Şerban Cantacuzino was based on his translation.
The article by Needham also describes many other "firsts" in Bible printing, Czech, Spanish, Scandinavian, English, etc.
The oldest Bible printed in the Netherlands, dated 1477, is on view at the Bible (Bijbels) Museum, Herengracht 366-368, (31-20) 624-2436; www.nljbelsmuseum.nl.nl
Mr. Scheide completed the rare-book grand slam late last year with his quiet, seven-figure purchase of a Mentelin Bible, printed by Johann Mentelin in 1460 in Strasbourg.
Among other treasures, it houses Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623; a Gutenberg Bible, printed circa 1455; Magna Carta; and original manuscripts by the likes of Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy.
