The Release of a Fradulent & Dangerous Text
Several days ago I found a miniature 1849 Book of Common Prayer stowed away in a cabinet in the church parlor. The binding barely held the pages together.
Not that I anticipated discovering that the church had a rare edition—nor even one worth a great deal. Even if it was worth something it was water stained and the binding was frayed.
Still—I checked it out. Yes, the edition isn't worth much.
I then entered the publisher's name into Google and found a number of links.
Eyre & Spottiswoode " was the London based printing firm known as the King's Printer, and subsequently, after April 1929, a publisher of the same name..." The firm merged with Methuen Publishing in the 1970s.
And what is the King's or Queen's Printer? "It is the bureau of the government charged with producing all official documents issued..." by the reigning monarch, council and ministers of the crown.
It seems that in 1920 Eyre & Spottiswoode published a small book called The Jewish Peril, later known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. In fact they were the first English firm to publish this virulently anti-semitic book. The entire premise of the book was fraudulent filled with " paranoid ruminations of a Jewish lust for world domination..." encyclopedia.com The book had originally been published in Russia in 1904.
It seems that the printing was a private commission. I was unable to find out who commissioned the printing of the ninety-five page pamphlet.
"Although convincingly exposed...in 1921, the Protocols have been called the most widely circulated book on the globe, next to the Bible and appeared in countless editions and translations." encyclopedia.com
Forty-seven years after the original publication of the Protocols, Eyre & Spottiswoode published a book called The Myth of the Jewish World-Conspiracy and the Protocols of Zion by Norman Cohen.
Isn't it disconcerting to realize that at the same time that the Protocols were published the same printers published Bibles and the Book of Common Prayer.
Not that I anticipated discovering that the church had a rare edition—nor even one worth a great deal. Even if it was worth something it was water stained and the binding was frayed.
Still—I checked it out. Yes, the edition isn't worth much.
I then entered the publisher's name into Google and found a number of links.
Eyre & Spottiswoode " was the London based printing firm known as the King's Printer, and subsequently, after April 1929, a publisher of the same name..." The firm merged with Methuen Publishing in the 1970s.
And what is the King's or Queen's Printer? "It is the bureau of the government charged with producing all official documents issued..." by the reigning monarch, council and ministers of the crown.
It seems that in 1920 Eyre & Spottiswoode published a small book called The Jewish Peril, later known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. In fact they were the first English firm to publish this virulently anti-semitic book. The entire premise of the book was fraudulent filled with " paranoid ruminations of a Jewish lust for world domination..." encyclopedia.com The book had originally been published in Russia in 1904.
It seems that the printing was a private commission. I was unable to find out who commissioned the printing of the ninety-five page pamphlet.
"Although convincingly exposed...in 1921, the Protocols have been called the most widely circulated book on the globe, next to the Bible and appeared in countless editions and translations." encyclopedia.com
Forty-seven years after the original publication of the Protocols, Eyre & Spottiswoode published a book called The Myth of the Jewish World-Conspiracy and the Protocols of Zion by Norman Cohen.
Isn't it disconcerting to realize that at the same time that the Protocols were published the same printers published Bibles and the Book of Common Prayer.
1 Comments:
Indeed it is. Dorothy
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