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1831ALEX210Stereotyped by L. Johnson for Key & Meilke Philadelphia: . 1831 Old and New Testaments bound in one: pp. viii 3-587; 190 Engraved frontis and title. Irregular pagination. Text beginning to brown but not brittle. Double column. Early manuscript ownership of Julia A. Lumbard on first fly leaf. Front fly leaves loose. 16mo. 145 mm. Original leather binding. Original leather spine label lettered in Gothic type. Spine worn with small loss at rear joint. Title continues: 'With The Marginal Readings: Together With A Copious And Original Selection Of References To Parallel And Illustrative Passages. Exhibited In A Manner Hitherto Unattemped'. Hardbound. Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. This is the English text from Samuel Baxter's eight language Polyglot printed in London in 1822. The little book became an immediate success and later editions are not uncommon but this first edition is quite SCARCE. Hills 753; D/M 1785. PAIMP 21. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stereotyped by L. Johnson for Key & Meilke, Philadelphia: . hardcover