A Curious And Rare Book

The most ourious as well as one of the rarest books kuown to collectors is the edition of the Vulgate issued by Pope Sixtus V, sonie time betweeu 1585 and 1590. The book, as Disraeli describes it, "fairly swarmed with errata." So numerous were they that a number of printed paper slips containing the proper words were pasted over the blunders, and this device proving ineffectual on account of the immense number of t mistakes, as many of the copies as could be fouad were called in and destroyed. Only a few remain, and the book with its paper patches commands an extremely high price.