farfel_n06_101_450

This paper was never watermarked, but the finer grades
of printing + writing papers bare marks of identification.
The Ephrats mill was the 4th in Pennsylvania.
The water used in the early mills had considerable influence
upon the shade or tint of the paper. In the wintertime
especially, it was difficult to clarify the water for use in
paper. This muddy appearance is noticable in many early
American-made papers.

1763 pp(4) 992, 277(3) Evans 9343 1270 pages
The sigs. to the O.T. are in black letter, those to the N.T. in
Roman. Title 1f.; verso blank; Vorrade 1 p. Verzeichnisz
aller Bucher + c. 1p. Text Gen to Mal. pp. 1-805
Apocrypha to Mamasses' prayer (in smaller type) pp.
806-949. 32 4th books of Ezra + 3rd book of Maccabees
pp. 849-992. Title to N.T. same as that to ed. of 1743
1 p. Verzeichnisz + c. 1 p. Text Mat to Rev pp. 3-277
Register 3 unnumbered pp. sigs. A to Mm^4, in 4's.
price was 21 schillings.
my leaf pp. 11+12 B2 (of 4) 51 lines
HEHL #34101 - 10x7 1/2" Matthai - A2 p.3 - p. 38 E3 51 lines

- Contains paper - sheet 16 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches manufactured by W. Parks, the 1st public
printer of Virginia, who had a mill at Williamsburg about 1744.
His watermark constructed of the Arms fo Virginia centered in 1/2 of
the sheet, the initials WP + a crown in the other half. (See pp. 212,
436, 444, 438, 446, 434, 442, 450 copy at Williamsburg)
- The letters of the general title differ in size from those
of the 1st ed. The preface is a new one + is entirely unlike that
of the 1743 Bible.
Ephrata press - turned out more than 40 publications.