THE HOLY BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha. Tranlsated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations, Diligently Compared and Revised. 2 volume set.
Philadelphia, PA: Printed for John Thompson and Abraham Small, 1798. First thus edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Very good condition. Item #020576
Two volume set. Contemporary (old) full marbled calf binding, with marbled paper endpapers. Minor to moderate shelfwear, with minimal loss to the spine extremities, and some weakening to the hinges. Volume I illustrated with a frontisportrait; one page corner uncut with excess paper folded over. Minor staining to the fore edge margins of both volumes, which is more prominent in the first volume. Minor foxing and minor soiling scattered lightly throughout text. Volume II contains an index, but bound without the list of original subscribers which is sometimes present according to Sabin. Appears to have been bound without the terminal blank leafs. First and final pages of text are slightly foxed, browned, and/or contain offsetting. This is the first hot-press edition of the Bible printed in America. The hot-press method involved heating of the ink during the printing process. Bibliography: Sabin 5182, Hills 62. Folio, in matching bindings, except that the height of the second volume is slightly shorter than the first. Vol. I measures 17 1/8" x 10.75" (419mm x 260mm). Vol. II measures 16 13/16" x 10 3/4" (406mm x 260mm).
Price: $5,150.00