John Allen's Translation of Calvin's "Institutes"

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Has there been a modern-day physical reprinting of John Allen's (1771-1839) translation of Calvin's "Institutes," which was originally published in 1813?

It could be valuable to have because Allen translated the last Latin edition of 1559 and collated it with the last French edition of 1560. Also, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Calvin's birth in 1909, B. B. Warfield revised and corrected Allen's translation and added a 52-page essay, "On the Literary History of Calvin's Institutes."

Seems like it could be ripe for re-issue.
 
My understanding is that the merits of the other three translators (Norton, Beveridge, and Battles) outshine Allen's translation, although there was one theologian (Muller, maybe?) who liked it. With two of those translators still in print, the market can't be large for another prior translation.
 
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