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<p>[QUOTE="cow, post: 4426262, member: 70413"]Hi</p><p><br /></p><p>Just wondering if anyone might be able to help me find out more information about this Bible. I can't find any other copies of it anywhere. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's very large and heavy. The hard cover is beautiful but the binding is in pretty pitiful shape. It has been in my family for generations. </p><p><br /></p><p>Printing date assumed to be somewhere between 1876-1878</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a little bit of history on the Toronto-based Adam Miller & Co., but this is all I know about it so far</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>The firm that later became W.J. Gage and Company began in Montreal in 1844</i></p><p><i>as R. & A. Miller, Booksellers and Stationers. The firm expanded to Toronto</i></p><p><i>in 1860, and in 1863 it became Adam Miller & Co. William Gage was hired as</i></p><p><i>a clerk and bookkeeper in 1874. Adam Miller died the next year, at which time</i></p><p><i>William Gage bought into a partnership with Miller's widow, an arrangement</i></p><p><i>which lasted until 1878. Gage then went into partnership with Samuel George</i></p><p><i>Beatty, who later became president of The Canada Publishing Company. The</i></p><p><i>partnership with Beatty was dissolved in 1879, and the firm became known as</i></p><p><i>W.J. Gage and Company, with Gage as sole owner, in 1880. The company was</i></p><p><i>incorporated as a joint stock company in 1893. The physical plant was destroyed</i></p><p><i>in the great Toronto fire of April, 1904, but Gage was able to rebuild with new</i></p><p><i>and more efficient machinery, relocating from Front Street to Spadina Avenue.</i></p><p><i>See W.J. Gage Co. Limited: A Story of Sixty-Five Successful Years, 1844-1909</i></p><p><i>(Toronto: W.J. Gage, 1909).</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Any special significance to this particular copy, or just a run-of-the mill family bible? Any additional info would be appreciated! </p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 10059]Cover by cow posted Mar 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 10060]Binding by cow posted Mar 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 10061]Front Page by cow posted Mar 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 10062]Award by cow posted Mar 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cow, post: 4426262, member: 70413"]Hi Just wondering if anyone might be able to help me find out more information about this Bible. I can't find any other copies of it anywhere. It's very large and heavy. The hard cover is beautiful but the binding is in pretty pitiful shape. It has been in my family for generations. Printing date assumed to be somewhere between 1876-1878 I found a little bit of history on the Toronto-based Adam Miller & Co., but this is all I know about it so far [INDENT][I]The firm that later became W.J. Gage and Company began in Montreal in 1844 as R. & A. Miller, Booksellers and Stationers. The firm expanded to Toronto in 1860, and in 1863 it became Adam Miller & Co. William Gage was hired as a clerk and bookkeeper in 1874. Adam Miller died the next year, at which time William Gage bought into a partnership with Miller's widow, an arrangement which lasted until 1878. Gage then went into partnership with Samuel George Beatty, who later became president of The Canada Publishing Company. The partnership with Beatty was dissolved in 1879, and the firm became known as W.J. Gage and Company, with Gage as sole owner, in 1880. The company was incorporated as a joint stock company in 1893. The physical plant was destroyed in the great Toronto fire of April, 1904, but Gage was able to rebuild with new and more efficient machinery, relocating from Front Street to Spadina Avenue. See W.J. Gage Co. Limited: A Story of Sixty-Five Successful Years, 1844-1909 (Toronto: W.J. Gage, 1909).[/I][/INDENT] Any special significance to this particular copy, or just a run-of-the mill family bible? Any additional info would be appreciated! [GALLERY=media, 10059]Cover by cow posted Mar 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 10060]Binding by cow posted Mar 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 10061]Front Page by cow posted Mar 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM[/GALLERY] [GALLERY=media, 10062]Award by cow posted Mar 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]
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