The Mazarine Bible
This is so called from its having been found in the Cardinal’s library. It was the first book printed with metal types, and cost $2,500.
A Book Without Words
A literary curiosity exists in England in the shape of “A Wordless Book,” so called because, after the title page, it contains not a single word. It is a religious allegory devised by a religious enthusiast, and the thought is in the symbolic color of its leaves, of which two are black, two crimson, two pure white, two pure gold. The black symbolizes the unregenerate heart of man; the crimson, the blessed redemption; the white, the purity of the soul “washed in the blood of the Lamb;” the gold, the radiant joy of eternal felicity.