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18856559New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1885. 8vo. 2 ff. 74 pp. 1 blank f. <br><br>Stapled: in original gray-green printed wrappers chipped with rear wrapper lacking and front wrapper partially torn along joint. Corners bumped. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
181773349Wash D. C.: GPO. Very Good. 1817. Softcover. Government Document / Pamphlet titled Report of the Committee on the Post-Office and Post Roads to whom was referred the memorial of the "American Bible Society". The pamphlet is about the American Bible Society trying to get the government to let them ship things "free of postage" due to their "unmindful and benevolent intentions." This pamphlet was removed from a bound volume with wear/remnants to the spine. Good for reading or reference. . GPO paperback books
182120163New York: Pr. for the Society by Daniel Fanshaw 1821. 8vo. vi 3 10236 pp. <br><br>Includes "Extracts from the sixteenth report of the British & Foreign Bible Society ." pp. 177231. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shoemaker 4465. Removed from a nonce volume. Light foxing. Very good. Pr. for the Society, by Daniel Fanshaw unknown books
1829839091829. BIBLE. BIBLE HISTORIES ILLUSTRATED BY FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS REPRESENTING SOME OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENTS RECORDED IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT. London: R. Ackermann 1829. viii 180 pp. 16mo. green cloth with paper spine label. Spine sunned label slightly chipped. Lacks front flyleaf. Some offset to text from plates. Plate 33 nearly detached. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Beautiful small engravings. unknown books
1894298729Leipzig: Goldenen Klassiker-Bibel Max Herzig 1894. hardcover. very good. German Gothic text printed in double columns each within a red border and with red decorative initials throughout. 2 volumes Old & New Testaments. Very thick folios illustrated with 127 fantastic titled chromolithographic plates by various European artists including Ridinger Luca Giordano Andrea Appiani Philippe de Champagne Nicolas Poussin Paolo Veronese Francesco Barbieri Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo et al. all with tissue guards. Elaborate publisher's binding with highly ornamental beveled covers featuring an inlaid picture surrounded by deeply etched patterns with gilt and metallic accents along with inset decorative stones; all edges gilt; large metal clasp closures on each volume. Covers show some light edgewear and have been re-backed in sympathetic brown morocco; the pages and illustrations are clean. Leipzig: Goldenen Klassiker-Bibel Max Herzig 1894. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Goldenen Klassiker-Bibel Max Herzig unknown books
1826246648Albany New York: S. Shaw 1826. 256 pp. 45 x 34 mm. Bound in contemporary calf very Good. 256 pp. 45 x 34 mm. S. Shaw unknown books
1815246649Boston: Nathaniel Willis 1815. Illustrated with woodcuts. 254 pp. 50 x 30 mm. Bound in contemporary calf "Bible" stamped in gilt on spine about fine. Illustrated with woodcuts. 254 pp. 50 x 30 mm. Adomeit A33; Shaw & Shoemaker 34916; Welch 860.3 Nathaniel Willis unknown books
1826WRCAM45553New York 1826. 207pp. Contemporary calf. Extremities rubbed. Lower portion of hinges cracked but still solid. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf and titlepage. Lightly tanned. Very good. "Imprimé sur l'édition de Paris de l'année 1805. Édition stéréotype revue et corrigée avec soin d'après le texte Grec." A publication of the American Bible Society. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 23808. unknown books
183124948New York: Imprime par D. Fanshaw aux Frais de La Societe Biblique Americaine 1831. Later printing. Full calf with gilt rules to spine. Wear to spine ends front joint worn else a very good copy endpapers toned scattered foxing tight in binding. 207 pp. 12mo. In French. An export from the Bible Society to France. Imprime par D. Fanshaw aux Frais de La Societe Biblique Americaine unknown books
1817IY815-139Paris: Chez Lefevre 1817. Hardcover. Good. 16mo in 8s. 4 3/16 x 2 5/8 inches. 576 pp. Engraved frontispiece of King David drawn by A. Desenne and engraved by C. Johannot engraved title page 1 leaf of the Principes de Musique do re mi each Psalm opens with a musical setting followed by the text of the remaining verses 16 ancient hymns and a series of prayers table of first lines of the psalms and hymns; text generally clean although there are pencil scribbles on the title page pages 435-426 torn from the bottom edge up 2 inches right at the edge of the text some pages dog-eared. Full tan calf covers gilt ruled and decorated at the margins elaborate gilt decorations on the spine along with a red leather title label marbled end-pages silk page marker; binding square and tight corners showing joints worn with loss rear board has loss of the leather surface spine ends chipped. Bookplate of "De la Librairie de J. P. F. Crosilhes Place Royal A Montauban." Owner's name in pencil on the recto of the frontispiece "Mary Miller 1830." From the library of Mel Kavin southern California book binder without distinguishing marks. IY815-139. Good. A lovely setting for the Psalms of David showing expert musical typography. Also included are 16 ancient hymns and 8 devotional prayers. Chez Lefevre was a Parisian printer who kept the classics of French literature in print from the 1810s to the 1840s. Worldcat records over 700 titles for Chez Lefevre. Worldcat records 7 copies of this title 2 in Switzerland in online archives all in continental institutions. J. P. F. Crosilhes was a printer and bookseller in Montauban a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of southern France. Chez Lefevre hardcover books
1828255836London: William Pickering 1828. Diamond Classics. Engraved frontispiece by Worthington after da Vinci woodcut device on title page. 612 pp. 1 vols. 3-5/8 x 2-1/4 inches. Contemporary full green morocco a.e.g. Faintest traces of rubbing. Fine. Diamond Classics. Engraved frontispiece by Worthington after da Vinci woodcut device on title page. 612 pp. 1 vols. 3-5/8 x 2-1/4 inches. Printed in beautiful Greek diamond type by C. Corrall. Keynes p. 81 William Pickering unknown books
1835243460Hartford: Andrus and Judd 1835. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with nearly 500 wood cuts. 16mo 132 pages overall browning handsomely rebound in full brown calf with lined borders on covers and spine. Hartford: Andrus and Judd 1835. Very good .<br/><br/> Andrus and Judd unknown books
18101226331810. BIBLE. The Holy Bible Containing The Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. 2 839 1; 2 252 2 pp. 12mo. Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1810. WITH: The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches. Unpaginated 578 pp. 12mo. uniformly bound in deluxe contemporary straight-grained English navy morocco in a matching full-morocco box. London: Published for John Reeves Esq. 1801. Stereotype Edition. A handsome portable Bible and Book of Common Prayer in deluxe blue straight-grained morocco and laid into carrying case. A few pages trimmed at bottom throughout the Old Testament also slight tears on pages 733 OT and 223 NT. In the Book of Common Prayer pages 25-44 are loose at the bottom of sewn binding. Very slight wear on both covers due to latch on case. Darlow and Moule 1529. unknown books
1855313594New York: American Bible Society 1855. Royal 8vo. Bound in full contemporary morocco a.e.g. With "S. Augusta Brown" 1825-1909 stamped in gilt on the upper cover. With two examples of embroidered Berlin wool work laid in one with initals "SAB Oct. 29 1859" and the other an alter scene. Royal 8vo. Sophia Augusta Brown's Bible Wife of John Carter Brown. The bible of Sophia Augusta Brown 1825-1909 wife of John Carter Brown herself an active bibliophile who helped her husband build his library and oversaw its stewardship after his death. Sophia Augusta was 34 and John Carter Brown 61 when they married after a brief courtship on June 23 1859. That event is recorded in the family record between the Old and New Testaments as are the births and marriages of the couple's three children--John Nicholas Brown Harold Brown and Sophia Augusta--the marriages of the two sons and the death of John Carter Brown "dearly loved Husband & Father" on June 10 1874. The younger Sophia Augusta Brown married banker and businessman William Watts Sherman 1842-1912 whose Newport RI house is an architectural landmark.<br/><br/>The daughter of Patrick Browne an Anglo-Irish jurist and member of Her Majesty's Council of the Bahamas and Harriet Thayer of Providence a direct descendant of Roger Williams Sophia Augusta Brown was "an indomitable force in an era when women were discovering a role for themselves in the charitable sector . For Sophia Augusta perpetuating her husband's mission through the sound management and enhancement of his collection was her way of contributing to the advancement of knowledge and understanding among peoples . From her sons' earliest age Sophia Augusta ensured they would develop an appreciation for the care condition and housing of books . John Nicholas and Harold often accompanied their mother to booksellers and private collectors. At an early age they were shown priceless works: a Columbus letter the papers of Leonardo daVinci a note by Galileo . On his trips to Europe as an adult John Nicholas was expected to report back . with his assessment of the books he encountered . When he turned 22 in 1883 Sophia Augusta entrusted him with the care of the library" Sylvia Brown Grappling with Legacy: Rhode Island's Brown Family and the American Philanthropic Impulse 2017. While her husband was still alive Sophia Augusta oversaw the construction in 1862 of the fireproof library wing in the Nightingale-Brown House which remained the site of the library until it was relocated to its current home at Brown University at the impetus of John Nicholas Brown's will. American Bible Society unknown books
1818256781New York: T. and J. Swords 1818. First American edition thus. 2 vols. Thick 4to. Mid-19th century black morocco gilt with name Susan Sitgreaves. Extremities lightly rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedowns. Light scattered foxing primarily confined to outer leaves. Very good. First American edition thus. 2 vols. Thick 4to. First American edition of this expansive Bible with commentary. It was originally prepared and arranged for British publication by the Revs. George D'Oyly and Richard Mant under the direction of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. A nice copy in a contemporary American binding. Shaw & Shoemaker 43305 T. and J. Swords unknown books
1876300103Philadelphia: Harding 1876. hardcover. very good. Steel engraved plates with tissue guards and woodcut illustrations in the text. Rubricated title very thick 4to full brown calf with heavily gilt and carved covers and spine all edges gilt metal clasp. Philadelphia: William Harding 1876. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Harding unknown books
186438435New York: William W. Harding 1864. Harding's Edition. 2 Chromolithographed frontispieces. 1 vols. Thick 4to 11-14 x 9 inches. Bound in full brown contemporary pebbled morocco extra gilt stamped covers gilt spine a.e.g. brass clasps. The names "C.B. & L.A. Northrop" stamped in gilt on upper cover and stamped in gilt "Harding's Edition/ 26" on lower spine. Handsome copy. Harding's Edition. 2 Chromolithographed frontispieces. 1 vols. Thick 4to 11-14 x 9 inches. William W. Harding unknown books
18477309New York: American Bible Society 1847. Full Leather. Very Good. 12mo 7" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2" 691 pages; publisher's full sheepskin with gilt lettering on black leather spine label. A very good copy. <br/><br/> American Bible Society hardcover books
1852252169Oxford: Printed at the University Press 1852. 1 vols. Minion 24mo. Original brown pebbled morocco spine titled in gilt a.e.g. with brass clasp. A bit rubbed very good plus. 1 vols. Minion 24mo. This imprint not in Darlow & Moule Printed at the University Press unknown books
1855252170New York: American Bible Society 1855. 1278 pp. 1 vols. Minion 18mo. Publisher's brown blind-stamped morocco a.e.g. Some rubbing. 1278 pp. 1 vols. Minion 18mo. American Bible Society unknown books
1856300659Large 4to. Illustrated with full page steel engravings by P.J. De Loutherbourg and others. Original full black morocco spine with five raised band each double ruled in gilt and elaborately stamped in gilt covers double ruled in gilt with elaborate gilt designs inner dentlles yellow coated endpapers a.e.g. Very good fresh. No signatures or bookplates. Small bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. H.G. Collins hardcover books
1883300656Thick 4to. Illustrated with maps woodcuts and full-page engraved portraits and views after Francis Frith and others. Full contemporary gilt and blindstamped brown morocco spine with raised bands gilt stamped inner dentelles marbled endpapers a.e.g. rubbing; upper hinge starting. Good-very good. The Paddock/Burgess family bible with a manuscript genealogy tracing family history to William Brewster who arrived on the Mayflower. A.J. Holman hardcover books
184025730Concord NH: Stearns Morrills & Silsby 1840. Full morocco with leather tongue and clasp. All edges gilt. Clasp worn boards rubbed upper joints split but tight beautiful period inscription to first blank overall a very good copy. 852 pp.; 259 pp. Illus. with two engravings with tissue guards. 32mo. 11 cm. Added title page engraved. OCLC lists no copies of the 1840 edition or earlier. There are two copies of a 1841 edition under the imprint of Morrill & Silsby at Harvard Divinity School and the NH Historical Society. A Polyglot Bible in 1843 was published by Stearns. The name Edward Fornis in gilt on one board. Scarce New Hampshire imprint. Stearns, Morrills & Silsby hardcover books
1851303732<p>12mo. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title page. Bound in at end are "The Psalms of David in Meter." Bound in full contemporary red morocco with wallet style flap a.e.g. rubbing Good. Contemporary signatures of Miss Harriet Hand dated 1852. Printed by C. Sherman.</p> Miller & Burlock hardcover books
1812WRCAM55222Windsor Vt.: Published by Merrifield and Cochran 1812. 844837-96428pp. plus folding map and eight engraved plates. Old and New Testaments with separate titlepages. Thick quarto. Contemporary calf raised bands gilt burgundy morocco label. Moderate wear and spotting to boards corners bumped spine rubbed right edge of spine label chipped. Light foxing and toning throughout occasional light tidelines no text affected a few stray pen marks. Map expertly conserved with a long vertical tear mended and with a slight bit of loss in the lower edge just coming across the neat line. Titlepage creased and chipped. Two-inch closed tear to lower margin of leaf X1 no loss of text possibly a paper flaw one- inch closed tear to right margin of leaf AAAAAA3 no text affected long closed tear to middle of leaf FFF2 neatly repaired no loss of text New Testament titlepage torn with some paper loss but no loss of text filled with archival paper two-inch closed tear to right margin of leaf CCCCC2 no loss of text. MMMMM gathering repeated. A good unsophisticated copy. The first Bible printed in Vermont illustrated with eight plates and a map. Copies with the map and full complement of plates are most uncommon. Printed by John Cunningham and published in Windsor by Merrifield and Cochran who sold the volume both wholesale and retail "at the sign of the Bible" the edition was also to be sold in Worcester Boston Walpole and Middlebury. The eight plates produced in a simple style O'Callaghan describes them as "exceedingly coarse" were engraved specifically for this edition and all are labelled as belonging to the first Vermont edition. They include: "Elijah Raising the Widow's Son" "The Holy Family" "St. Matthew" "St. Mark" "Jesus of Nazareth Which was Crucified: He is Risen; He is Not Here" "St. Luke" "St. John the Evangelist" and "St. Paul." Seven were engraved by Isaac Eddy 1777-1847 of Weathersfield Vt. and one by James Hill "Jesus of Nazareth". O'Callaghan and Hills call for seven plates total six by Eddy and one by Hill but McCorison calls for eight as found here. The anonymous "A Map of Palestine Describing the Travels of Jesus Christ" is not called for in any of the bibliographies cited. However according to a notice in the Windsor newspaper THE WASHINGTONIAN dated August 31 1812 Merrifield & Cochran published three versions of this Bible: without plates $5.00 with 8 plates $5.50 or with 8 plates and map $5.75. Contents following the New Testament include: Family Record blank four- page form; A Clergyman's Address to Married Persons at the Altar; Chronological Index of the Years and Times from Adam unto Christ; Summary History of the Bible; An Index to the Holy Bible; An Alphabetical Table of the Proper Names in the Old and New Testaments together with the Meaning or Signification of these Words in their Original Languages; Table of Weights and Measures Mentioned in Scripture; Table of Money; A Table of Kindred and Affinity Wherein Whosoever are Related are Forbidden in Scripture and by our Laws to Marry Together; and A Table of Time. <br> <br> A good copy of the first Bible printed in Vermont complete with illustrations produced by local artists and a map not found in all copies. McCORISON 1366. HILLS 209. O'CALLAGHAN 1812.2. HERBERT 1559. Published by Merrifield and Cochran hardcover books
