Libro di Mormon

Frontespizio della prima edizione in lingua italiana de Il Libro di Mormon,tradotto sotto la supervisione di Lorenzo Snow e pubblicato dallo stesso nel 1852.   Questo volume venne stampato a Londra presso la Stamperia di Guglielmo (William) Bowden, sita in al nš 5 di Bedford Street, Bedford Row.  Per quanto ci furono circa 1000 copie pubblicate, solamente 192 vennero rilegate nel 1852, 18 delle quali erano copie di presentazione. Le copie rimanenti non furono rilegate fino al 1927 e 1930. [Vedi la tesi di Michael W. Homer intitolata "The Church Image in Italy from the 1840s to 1946: A Bibliographic Essay" pubblicata da Brigham Young University Studies 31:2 (Spring 1991), 83-114]

The title page of the first Italian edition of Il Libro di Mormon,translated under the supervision of Lorenzo Snow who published it in 1852.   This volume was printed in London, England by Stamperia di Guglielmo Bowden ( William Bowden's Printing House), located at n. 5 Bedford Street, Bedford Row.  Although approximately 1,000 copies were published, only 192 were actually bound in 1852, 18 of which were presentation copies. The remaining copies were not bound until 1927 and 1930. [See Michael W. Homer,"The Church Image in Italy from the 1840s to 1946: A Bibliographic Essay," Brigham Young University Studies 31:2 (Spring 1991), 83-114]

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