On of the most impressive works of bibliography published in the last decade, these three massive volumes celebrate the work of Samuel Bogusław Chyliński(1631–1668), translator and publisher of the first translation of the Bible into Lithuanian. 1/6 
Three copies of the printed version of Chyliński's Old Testament survived into the 20th century: They are known as the Stettin (Berlin), London and Vilnius copies respectively, after the places were they were discovered. 2/6
The Berlin copy was lost in World War II. The Vilnius copy was taken to St Petersburg & was destroyed by fire there. The only extant copy today is the one held by the British Museum in London (shelfmark C 51b.13). This is Vol I, a facsimile of the BL copy, published in 2008. 3/6
Chyliński died before finding a publisher for his New Testament, so there is no printed version, but the manuscript of his New Testament translation has survived, and is now also in the British Library. Vol II is a complete facsimile of this manuscript, published in 2019. 4/6
Vol III, published in 2015, and like the others in both English and Lithuanian, is in some ways the most interesting of all: a compendium of all the original documents - letters, contracts, notes - that relate to the production of this monumental work. 5/6
These vols do not appear to be sold or distributed outside of Lithuania, & even there take some effort to buy, as two of them are on the cusp of being sold out. If you're an institutional librarian and you don't have these already, you might want to consider buying them now. 6/6
I should add that considering their large folio size and fine production quality, if you can find a supplier with them in stock, these are not expensive - about €65 per volume.
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