HISTORY OF THE PRINTING PRESS IN DERBYSHIRE. 153 
Our associate, Mr. Cooling, jun. (whose courtesy in ransacking 
for me his unique collection of Derbyshire books I gratefully 
acknowledge) has a large Bible, the title of which runs thus :— 
An| ILLUSTRATION | or tHe | HOLD BIBLE | 
CONTAINING | the Sacred Texts | of the | Old Testament and | THE 
NEW ;| Together with | The Apocrypha | Derby:| Printed by THoMas 
PaGeET Trimer | M.DCC,LXXXVI. 
; This copy has only a frontispiece, but Mr. Cooling has 
collected several loose plates, “ Engrav’d for Trimer’s Family 
Bible.” There are separate titles and leaves of “ Order of the 
| Books, &c.” to the three books; the text begins with Numb. 1, 
on signature B, and ends with Numb. 132, signature M in the 
12th alphabet ; the notes are at the foot, and on blank spaces 
at the end of four books of the Old Testament, a fairly executed 
block of the Arms of the Borough of Derby, in a floriated shield, 
is impressed ; and the block may have been used by the printer 
for the purpose of giving a local “ colour ” to the production. But 
Mr. William Bemrose has referred me to — 
POLITICAL ATTEMPTS | consisting of | An Allegorical Poem in blank 
Verse | entitled | the } SCIENCES | an | ODE to PLEASURE | and | some 
other Pieces. | Derby: | Printed for the Author by T. Trimmer, 1783, | 
and sold by J. Wallis, No. 16, Ludgate St. | London: and all other Book- 
sellers in Town and Country | (Price Two Shillings.) | gto 18 leaves. 
I suppose this printer must be identical with Thomas Paget 
Trimer, but of this my readers must judge for themselves. In 
1784, I find T. P. Trimer’s shop in the Irongate, Derby ; he 
seems to have been chiefly a dealer in music and musical instru- 
ments, and his advertisement makes no reference whatever to 
printing. In 1785, however, this advertisement occurs in the 
Derby Mercury :— 
