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a p p e n d i x d The Bible in Germany: The Neuchâtel Folio of 1779 and the Bienne Octavo Location Folios Octavos Total Cassel (Lagisse, Hemmerde) 13 38 51 Hanau (Roques) 6 0 6 Hamburg (Virchaux) 2 2 4 Neuwied (Mettra) 1 0 1 Mannheim(Nouvelle Librairie) 1 1 2 Wesel (Röder) 0 2 2 Homburg (Bruère) 0 2 2 Münz (Mettra) 0 1 1 Totals 23 46 69 Source: Livres de commissions, Ms. 1019, 1020, 1021. In addition to the Bibles that the STN’s correspondents in Germany purchased for their own account, the STN sent a number of Bibles en commission: thirteen folios to Roques in Hanau; six folios and thirteen octavos to Lagisse in Cassel; thirteen folios and thirteen octavos to Röder in Wesel, and six folios and six octavos to Bruère in Hesse-Homburg. Many of those Bibles, however, were ultimately returned to the STN or transferred to other correspondents: seven of the folios that went to Roques, four of the folios that went to Lagisse, all thirteen of the folios and eleven of the octavos that went to Röder, and all six of the folios and four of the octavos that went to Bruère. The Bibles that were returned to the STN or transferred to other correspondents have not been counted. The names of the STN’s customers appear in parentheses following the towns in which they resided. ...

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