Anglais

1794 · 26207 — New Haven: Pr. by Abel Morse for the Rev. David Austin 1794. 4to 26.3 cm 10.4". 1168 pp. lacking frontis. portrait pp. 121–28. <br><br>First American edition following the British first of 1700–03 of this successful and remarkably often reprinted New Testament with commentary by Anglican clergyman William Burkitt one online database erroneously describes a few holdings of this edition as having been printed in 1793. The Rev. Thomas Hartwell Horne called it a "deservedly popular work" with much "practical utility"; Spurgeon admired it too and useful in its way it still is.<br>    The Biblical verses with interspersed exegesis are printed in double columns. <br>    <br>    ESTC W32224; Evans 26668; Hills English Bible in America 47; O'Callaghan 49; Trumbull Connecticut 423; Horne Introduction to the Critical Study & Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures III 54. Contemporary mottled sheep rebacked with speckled calf spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped decorations; original leather rubbed edges and corners refurbished. First few leaves institutionally pressure-stamped. Title-page with edges browned and chipped margins repaired with tiny losses to two letters carefully supplied by hand; dedication leaf with repaired tear; last leaf with repaired tear. Pages age-toned with intermittent offsetting and foxing some corners bumped a few edge chips. Frontispiece and pp. 121–28 early parts of Mark lacking. A sturdy handsome Bible for family use. Pr. by Abel Morse for the Rev. David Austin hardcover books