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1769373151Germantown PA: Christoph Saur 1769. 5293pp. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf covers ruled in blind spine with raised bands brass hinges and clasps minor wear along front joint. Provenance: Abraham de Türck printed book label inserted between the front endpapers. 5293pp. 12mo. German translation of the New Testament printed in Germantown by Christopher Saur the younger. Famous for their quarto bibles in German of 1743 1763 and 1776 the Saur father and son also issued the New Testament separately in smaller format in 1745 1755 1760 1761 1764 1769 and 1775.<br /> <br /> The present example with a unique added leaf preceding the front blank being a printed bookplate within an elaborate typographic border indicating that the owner Abraham de Türck had received the book from his grandfather Johannes Hoch in 1772. Evans 11181; ESTC W4533; Bötte 366 Christoph Saur unknown
1510371469Leipzig: Wolfgang Stockel 1510. Title in red and black. A-DⶠEâ´ F-JⶠKâ´ L-Mâ¶. 68 leaves. Extensive annotations throughout in Latin in a contemporary Germanic cursive comprising both interlinear notes and marginal gloss. 1 vols. Folio 12x8-1/2 inches. Early pigskin and oaken boards a remboitage from a thicker volume worn front hinge split between A2 and A3. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. Provenance: Duplum Bibliothecae Regiae Monacensis pencil annotation; John Pintard inscription presenting the book to; General Theological Seminary bookplate and inked stamps. Title in red and black. A-DⶠEâ´ F-JⶠKâ´ L-Mâ¶. 68 leaves. Extensive annotations throughout in Latin in a contemporary Germanic cursive comprising both interlinear notes and marginal gloss. 1 vols. Folio 12x8-1/2 inches. Edited by Johann Kusthuert this printing of the Epistles of Paul was intended for the student market with the introduction addressed to studiosis sacarum litterarum tyronibus. In addition the colophon reads: Impressum ad altissimi Dei laudem ac studiosorum Sacre Scripture tyronum perfectum in officina libraria prouidi viri Vuolffgangi Stockel ciuis Liptzensis anno Domini 1510 quarto kalendis Septembris.<br /> <br /> The annotations and marginal gloss are impressive and very similar though in a different hand to the copy described by Rosenthal now at the Beinecke suggesting they are by a student at the same institution: "The present copy comes with a vast manuscript apparatus in Latin covering the entire text from St. Jerome's general preface to the last sentence of the last epistle. The annotation . is uniformly intense throughout. The script is a very small at times microscopic Germanic cursive and there is evidence of careful layout especially in the marginal gloss." Estimating the annotations to be approximately 80000 words Rosenthal describes the interlinear notes as "frequently far more than simole reading aids." He continues: "The marginal gloss includes an argumentum for each chapter and its subdivisions . There are also occasional citations from authorities such as St. Thomas and Ambrose."<br /> <br /> It is a handsomely printed volume with the title in large red letters above an 11-line subtitle in black. The verso of the title comprises a table of contents of the Pauline epistles and is followed by an introduction by Kusthuert.<br /> <br /> On the duplicates sold by the Munich royal library including the present volume see: Wagner Bettina. "'Duplum Bibliothecae Regiae Monacensis': The Munich Court Library and Its Book Auctions in the Nineteenth Century." The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America vol. 111 no. 3 2017 pp. 345-77. Pintard 1759-1844 was a prominent New Yorker of Huguenot origin patron of education and one of the earliest and staunchest advocates for the preservation and study of the history of New York and the United States. Pintard began to work towards the establishment of a historical society in the city in early 1804 and he was the leader in the organization of the New-York Historical Society in November 1804. He was also a patron of the old French Huguenot Church of St. Esprit and the General Theological Seminary to whom he donated this volume in 1826.<br /> <br /> Scarce. OCLC locates three copies in Germany the aforementioned copy at Yale described by Rosenthal and the present example. Rosenthal B.M. Printed books with manuscript annotations 105 for a similarly annotated copy of the same edition; Panzer vii p. 169; VD16 B 4980. Not in BM STC Germany Adams or Darlow & Moule [Wolfgang Stockel] unknown
1587371783Rome: Franciscus Zanetti 1587. Text in Greek with short Latin notes at the end of each verse in two columns. Large engraved vignette on title with figures of Moses and Esdras on either side of the arms of Sixtus V. aâ´ A-3Sⶠ3Tâ¸. 8 783 1pp. Folio. Eighteenth century red morocco arms of the second Duke of Newcastle on the covers marbled endpapers gilt edges minor darkening to spine and wear to joints. Scattered minor dampstaining at lower outer corner of a few leaves. Provenance: Collegii Paris. Societas Jesu.early inscription on title; Douglass Maxwell Moffat booklabel with original invoice purchasing the volume from Davis & Orioli in 1940; General Theological Seminary bookplates. Text in Greek with short Latin notes at the end of each verse in two columns. Large engraved vignette on title with figures of Moses and Esdras on either side of the arms of Sixtus V. aâ´ A-3Sⶠ3Tâ¸. 8 783 1pp. Folio. Commissioned by Pope Sixtus V to assist the revisers who were preparing the Latin Vulgate edition ordered by the Council of Trent the "Sixtine" or "Roman" edition of the Septuagint was edited by Cardinal Antonio Carafa based on the Codex Vaticanus and became the standard for all the later editions of the Septuagint for three centuries after its publication. Darlow & Moule no. 4647; Adams B1246; BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 94 Franciscus Zanetti unknown
1653371930London: Roger Daniel 1653. Title in red and black. Engraved printer's device on the title state B. Text in two columns. 8 1279 1 pp. 4to 7-3/8 x 5-3/8 inches. Eighteenth century red morocco panelled in gilt spines gilt with black morocco lettering pieces marbled endpapers gilt edges. Provenance: Viscount Palmerston bookplate; General Theological Seminary bookplate. Title in red and black. Engraved printer's device on the title state B. Text in two columns. 8 1279 1 pp. 4to 7-3/8 x 5-3/8 inches. The rare first printing in England of the Septuagint the earliest translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek the scarce printing in quarto format. The text is derived from the Sixtine text and edited by John Biddle 1615-1662 the Unitarian controversialist who was imprisoned by the Parliamentary Commissioners for his religious views. <br /> <br /> "Roger Daniel's version of the text of the Sixtine edition was prepared for the use of the scholars at Westminster School. This appeared in 1653 and was edited by the Socinian John Biddle. Its publication may have owed something to the interest in the Septuagint generated by Codex Alexandrinus and the frustration produced by the failure of Young's attempts to edit it" S. Mandelbrote "English Scholarship and the Greek Text of the Old Testament" p. 87.<br /> <br /> A rare issue from the same setting as the octavo edition imposed in quarto without rules separaring the columns. Wing 2nd ed. B2718A; ESTC R12599; Darlow & Moule 4692 Roger Daniel unknown
1810373845Boston: De l'Imprimerie de J. T. Buckingham 1810. 403; 3261pp. Half-titles errata leaf at back of second volume. Uncut. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's paper-backed boards printed paper label one cover detachedsome darkening and spotting chipping and cracking of spines. Spotting and light soiling of text mostly marginal and light. Very good copies in brown cloth open faced case. 403; 3261pp. Half-titles errata leaf at back of second volume. Uncut. 2 vols. 8vo. First American edition of the Bible in French. De Sacy's translation was the most widespread French Bible of the 18th century. O'Callaghan 102; Shaw & Shoemaker 19531; Rumball-Petre "Rare Bibles" 185 De l'Imprimerie de J. T. Buckingham unknown
1849347800London: Printed for the Use of the Mission in Labrador by the British and Foreign Bible Society 1849. Text in Inuktitut. 4 675 1pp. 12mo. Good. Text in Inuktitut. 4 675 1pp. 12mo. First edition. 12mo. 5 2-675 1 pp. Text aside from title page and publication information in the Eskimo Inuktitut language. Full calf by "Watkins Binder" with their tiny ticket on the rear pastedown. Ex-Bowdoin College Library with their bookplate and withdrawn stamp on front pastedown spine label unobtrusive blindstamp on title page and small inked number on copyright page. Binding worn with a vertical split at the spine and slight loss at the spine ends lacking the rear flyleaf a sound good copy. With a worn leaf from an earlier New Testament translation from the Gospel of Luke laid in. An early Moravian translation of portions of the Old Testament for use in Labrador. OCLC seems to locate 19 copies over several records but only six copies in the U.S. Sabin 75836; Pilling 3461; Darlow & Moole 3518 Printed for the Use of the Mission in Labrador by the British and Foreign Bible Society unknown
1817353306Vienna: Anton Schmidt 1817. Portrait frontispiece engraved additional title. 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards the calf tooled in blind worn rear hinge cracked lacks rear pastedown frontispiece detached. Portrait frontispiece engraved additional title. 8vo. Includes commentary by Rashi and Beur. Anton Schmidt unknown
1593371924London: Excudebant G. Bishop R. Newbery & R. Barker 1593. Six parts in one. Text printed in verse form double column references and notes in margins. 81771 blankpp; 31041 blank leaves; 3 75 i.e. 73 leaves; 6 numbered 1-12pp 13-129 leaves 1 blank; 3 4-74 leaves; 3 198 leaves. With additional blanks bound in at the front and rear. 1 vols. Folio. Eighteenth century reverse calf covers blocked in blind red morocco lettering piece repairs to joints minor loss at head of spine. Repairs at hinges scattered minor paper repairs. Provenance: Peckham Williams armorial bookplate; General Theological Seminary bookplate. Six parts in one. Text printed in verse form double column references and notes in margins. 81771 blankpp; 31041 blank leaves; 3 75 i.e. 73 leaves; 6 numbered 1-12pp 13-129 leaves 1 blank; 3 4-74 leaves; 3 198 leaves. With additional blanks bound in at the front and rear. 1 vols. Folio. The third edition of the Latin Bible printed in England in this case printing Tremellius and Junius's version of the Old Testament with Beza's translation of the New Testament accompanied by Tremellius's version based on the edition printed in Geneva in 1590 see D&M 6182. Texts printed in double columns. The complete text was printed in six parts each with a divisional title and independent pagination or foliation. The fifth part Junius's translation of The Apocrypha was never bound into this copy. A variant of this edition with the imprint for "Guliel. N." i.e. William Norton appeared the same year. ESTC S106974; STC 2061.5; Darlow & Moule 6185; BM 1. b. 12; Copinger 534 Excudebant G. B[ishop] R. N[ewbery] & R. B[arker] unknown
192923537London: The Haymarket Press 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated with four color plates by W Russell Flint. Thin 4to. 47pp. One of 100 copies; this is number 8. Limp vellum spine and upper board with title in gilt. General light soil to the vellum and ties else a very good copy.<br /> <p><br /> The extra suite of plates has been mounted on blank pages leaving a small adhesive discoloration on the margin of the plates and on the supporting page.<br /> <p>. The Haymarket Press hardcover
1831374628New York: Published by the Young Mens' Bible Society of New-York . M'Elrath & Bangs printers 1831. First edition. Text in English and Mohawk on facing pages. 197 1pp. 12mo. Library buckram. Foxing. Provenance: General Theological Seminary blindstamps bookplate and other markings. First edition. Text in English and Mohawk on facing pages. 197 1pp. 12mo. First edition of Hill's translation; the work was re-issued entirely in Mohawk in 1836. Named Kenweneshon by the wolf clan of the Mohawk Henry Aaron Hill d. 1834 was the son of David Hill and Christiana Brant the daughter of Joseph Brant. He served as interpreter at councils of the Six Nations and conducted services at the Mohawk chapel in Brantford. In the 1820s he began translating the gospels for publication.<br /> <br /> "Joseph Brant's Gospel of St Mark had been appended to an SPG Mohawk prayer-book printed in 1787 and John Norton's Gospel of St John had been published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1804. Despite adverse comments on the quality of the translation Norton encouraged by the SPG resumed the work of completing the gospels and he enlisted Hill's aid. But Norton was tiring of the task and thought that the Mohawks themselves would prefer English bibles. The American Bible Society discovered in 1823 that Hill with the support of John Brant Tekarihogen was already working on Luke and proposed that he complete the four gospels . Hill proved to be a diligent worker. His Luke appeared in 1828 the title page says 1827 but the printer in New York Azor Hoyt had much trouble in setting the work. Three hundred and fifty copies were sent to the Methodist mission on the Grand and fifty to Lower Canada. The Church of England holding aloof from association with dissenters in bible societies made little use of the translations done by its catechist. In turn the American Bible Society's interest waned. The York Auxiliary Bible Society formed in 1828 saw that some Mohawk scriptures were already available and began work on Ojibwa translations instead. The continued publication of Mohawk scriptures was therefore undertaken by the Young Men's Bible Society of New York an auxiliary to the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Between 1831 and 1836 it sponsored translation of the rest of the New Testament with the exception of 2 Corinthians. The bulk of the work was done by Hill with corrections and completions Hill died in 1834 by Brantford merchant John Aston Wilkes Mohawk schoolmaster William Hess and Elizabeth Kerr née Brant. Hill's Isaiah finished by Hess was published by the American Bible Society in 1839 but that organization resisted pressure to proceed with the rest of the Old Testament. Hill was also the chief translator of a collection of psalms and hymns which went through separate printings for its Methodist and Anglican users" Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Darlow and Moule 6801; Sabin 49844; Pilling Proof Sheets 1782; Pilling Iroquoian p. 84 Published by the Young Mens' Bible Society of New-York ... M'Elrath & Bangs, printers unknown
1808354112Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aitken 1808. First edition. 512; 490; 444; 472pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full black morocco gil likely bound by Jane Aitken minor wear at joints one spine splitting but holding. First edition. 512; 490; 444; 472pp. 4 vols. 8vo. "Charles Thomson 1729-1824 made the first translation of the Septuagint into the English language and the first English translation of the New Testament in the western hemisphere. Thomson spent twenty years in making the translation. The books called Apocrypha which are included in the canon of the Greek Old Testament but not in the Hebrew were omitted in his translation. After copying the manuscript four times he had it published at Philadelphia by Jane Aitken the first woman to print any part of the Holy Scriptures in America and the daughter of the printer Robert Aitken. It is of interest that the name 'Cha. Thomson' appears as the signer of the Congressional resolution in the front of the 1782 Aiken Bible" Hills.<br /> <br /> Charles Thomson emigrated to America from his native Ireland in 1739. On recommendation of Benjamin Franklin he served as a tutor at the College of Pennsylvania later the University of Pennsylvania. He later left teaching for business in which he prospered. "Because of his reputation for fairness and integrity he was chosen by the Indians to keep their record of proceedings at the treaty of Easton 1757 and in the following year he was adopted into the Delaware tribe with a name meaning `man who tells the truth'" DAB. He was an early and ardent supporter of the Revolution and was unanimously elected Secretary to the Continental Congress serving in that post from 1774 to 1789. Thomson "was the very man in Philadelphia with whom John Adams busily probing the minds of all and sundry on the vital questions involved would wish to have as he did have 'much conversation.' 'This Charles Thomson' Adams wrote 'is the Sam Adams of Philadelphia the life of the cause of liberty they say.'" DAB. Thomson resigned his post when he was offered no part in Washington's inauguration ceremonies nor any post in the new administration. He devoted the next twenty years to his monumental translation.<br /> <br /> Jane Aitken continued her father Robert's business after his death in 1802. "She had in 1810 a printing house in Philadelphia. She obtained much reputation by the productions which issued from her press" Thomas. In addition to being one of the first American female printers Jane Aitken was also a bookseller bookbinder businesswoman and employer. The typeface Aitken used for the Thomson Bible was an attractive and utilitarian type developed in 1796 by two Scotsmen Binney and Ronaldson at their Philadelphia type foundry. The Thomson Bible is considered her greatest printing achievement and the first Bible printed by a woman in America.<br /> <br /> This set in a very unusual American full morocco gilt binding likely bound by Aitken's shop. See Spawn Willman and Carol Spawn "The Aitken Shop: Identification of an Eighteenth-Century Bindery and Its Tools" in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America vol. 57 no. 4 1963 pp. 422-37. Darlow & Moule 1005; Herbert 1514; Rumball-Petre 184; O'Callaghan 1808.2; Wright p.113; Hills 153; Thomas History of Printing in America p.402 Printed by Jane Aitken unknown
1655354139London: E.T. For a Society of Stationers 1655. WITH A CONTEMPORARY FORE-EDGE BY LEWIS of flowers centering on a quotation within a wreath "Blessed is he that word faded" and signed Lewis fecit 1656.". 12mo 169 x 115 mm. Contemporary black goatskin elaborately tooled in gilt small central oval onalys of calf at center of a large rectangular onlaid panel spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands red morocco lettering piece in one. Laid into full green pebbled morocco drop box. WITH A CONTEMPORARY FORE-EDGE BY LEWIS of flowers centering on a quotation within a wreath "Blessed is he that word faded" and signed Lewis fecit 1656.". 12mo 169 x 115 mm. With a most unusual contemporary watercolor painting on the fore edge of the book displaying a design of flower and acorns surrounding a central green wreath which encloses the following inscription: "March 13 1665 Martha White Order my Aedes in thy Word ps: 119 " According to Webber in 1001 Fore-edge Paintings p. 12 the earliest date on a fore-edge painting by Lewis is a 1651 Bible now in NYPL dated 1653 on fore-edge and similarily depicts flower animals and a motto. VERY EARLY AND RARE<br /> <br /> Signed by the London firm of Stephen and Thomas Lewis the earliest known bindery to paint both the firm's name and a year directly on the fore-edge paintings. Their fore-edges were typical of the time featuring elements from nature such as flowers animals or birds and they incorporated ofdten a wreath as here with a quote from Scriptures. This copy is additionally enhanced by its contemporary ownership by a woman reader. Provenance: contemporary ownership inscriptions of Martha Reyner "Martha Reyner her Booke with the price 0-18" front flyleaf and "Martha Thompson Her Book Ano Domini 1705 et Praetorum huius drawing of a bird." In a fleece-lined green morocco folding case. Rebacked with original spine laid down top headband partly frayed one nick to leather on front cover some slight fading of gilt E.T. For a Society of Stationers unknown
1638371824Cambridge: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel 1638. Large paper copy. Ruled in red throughout. Roman letter in two columns. Engraved title page within architectural border featuring Biblical characters a vignette of the 'Last supper' and printer's device. 12 642 151 3 202pp. Bound with preceding the Bible: The Book of Common Prayer. 104pp. And with following the Bible: Whole Book of Psalmes. 8 1 2-90 10 pp. Folio 17 x 11 inches. Contemporary black morocco gilt covers panelled with roll tool borders and central arabesque design in gilt flat spine gilt with marching morocco labels gilt edges minor wear at joints lower corners bumped. Provenance:Webb early inscription on the front pastedown; Maggs Brothers item 827 in unidentified mid-20th century catalogue clipping laid in; General Theological Seminary bookplate. Large paper copy. Ruled in red throughout. Roman letter in two columns. Engraved title page within architectural border featuring Biblical characters a vignette of the 'Last supper' and printer's device. 12 642 151 3 202pp. Bound with preceding the Bible: The Book of Common Prayer. 104pp. And with following the Bible: Whole Book of Psalmes. 8 1 2-90 10 pp. Folio 17 x 11 inches. This edition contains the first major revisions of the King James version standardising the use of italics and altering several readings. "This remained the standard text until the publication of Dr. Paris' Cambridge edition of 1762" Herbert.<br /> <br /> A lovely example bound in contemporary English black morocco and measuring 430x280mm is considerably larger than the dimensions cited by Darlow & Moole 402 375x234 mm and Darlow & Moole 403 for a "large thick paper" copy 397x270 mm. Bible: Herbert 520; Darlow & Moule 402 and 403; ESTC S123371; STC 2nd ed 2331. Common Prayer: Griffiths 1638:2; STC 2nd ed. 16410; ESTC S902. Psalms: STC 2nd ed. 2682; ESTC S122380 Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel unknown
1791373037Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition. 48 engraved plates complete. 1310 2 89 3pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT unaccomplished. Royal quarto. Contemporary calf covers ruled in gilt spine gilt with raised bands red morocco lettering piece marbled endpapers joints cracked but cords holding worn at extremities spine a bit abraded with some loss at top. Foxing a few leaves with short tears or small voids. Provenance: Ebenezer Byles signature on verso of the OT title. Housed in a blue cloth clamshell box. First Edition. 48 engraved plates complete. 1310 2 89 3pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT unaccomplished. Royal quarto. Thomas' quarto bible was published in three distinct issues: with 2 copperplates only i.e. frontispieces to the Old and New Testaments; with two copperplates and John Brown's 89-page concordance in the rear; and the rarest and most deluxe form as here with 48 copperplates and the concordance. Of this last issue according to Thomas's catalogue the work was published "in elegant binding." The explanation for the work being complete with 48 plates rather than the 50 plates of the folio Thomas bible of the same year is easily explained: the frontispieces used for the folio bible plates I and XXXIII were too large for the quarto edition and thus were omitted with plates XXIX and XLVIII used as frontispieces of the quarto bible instead.<br /> <br /> A very difficult edition to find in a contemporary unsophisticated binding. Evans 23185; Hills 30; ESTC W4496 Isaiah Thomas unknown
1791373866Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition of Isaiah Thomas's Folio Bible. 50 engraved plates. 4 460; 2 461-1012pp. Text in two columns. 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary calf panelled in gilt and blind spine with raised bands in six compartments tooled in gilt on either side of each band red and black morocco labels expert repairs. Moderate to heavy foxing repaired tears to text leaves and plates. First Edition of Isaiah Thomas's Folio Bible. 50 engraved plates. 4 460; 2 461-1012pp. Text in two columns. 2 vols. Folio. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution" Wright.<br /> <br /> Dubbed "the Baskerville of America" by Benjamin Franklin Isaiah Thomas issued a folio and a quarto Bible almost simultaneously. Published immediately after the ratification of the Bill of Rights the folio edition arguably his magnum opus opens with a note from Thomas situating it as an important accompaniment to this national development: "The civil authority hath set an example of moderation and candor to all Christians by securing equal privileges to all; and it must be their ardent and united wish independently of foreign aid to be supplied with copies of the sacred Scriptures the foundation of their Religion - a religion which furnishes motives to the faithful performance of every patriotic civil and social duty."<br /> <br /> In preparing the work Thomas compared the language of "not less than eight" significant English Bibles most but not all of which were printings of the King James translation and then had every page of the present edition examined by "the Clergymen of Worcester and . other capable persons." <br /> <br /> In keeping with his patriotism all the plates are by American engravers an expensive undertaking: the majority by Joseph Seymour with others by John Norman Samuel Hill and Amos Doolittle. It is unusual to find complete copies with all fifty plates. The plate list often lacking is present in this copy. The work was issued either in one volume or in two volumes as here the latter including an additional general title page for the second volume bound in as a cancel.<br /> <br /> A celebrated American Bible from one of the young country's most important printers. Evans 23186; Hills 29; ESTC W4497; Sabin 5172; Wright Early American Bibles pages 74-88 Isaiah Thomas unknown
1924371052London: Nonesuch Press 1924. Deluxe edition one of 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper no. XXXIV. First vol. printed ad hominem for H. Malcom Hubbard with ink note below "Transferred to Ion Buchanan Pritchard F. Meynell. Each volume with an engraved title page head piece and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. 5 vols. Folio. Full brown crushed niger by Best with gilt rule borders and spine relatively unadorned raised bands a.e.g. on the rough. Book ticket of Philip Duschnes. Ex-library with labels from General Theological Seminary Rare Book Room to front paste-downs of each volume. Faintest traces of rubbing to board edges spines of vols. I & 3 slightly darkened from smoke interior fine. GOODEN Stephen. Deluxe edition one of 75 copies on Arnold unbleached rag paper no. XXXIV. First vol. printed ad hominem for H. Malcom Hubbard with ink note below "Transferred to Ion Buchanan Pritchard F. Meynell". Each volume with an engraved title page head piece and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. 5 vols. Folio. One of the great early books of the Nonesuch Press and Stephen Gooden's second book commission after the Nonesuch Anacreon of 1923.<br /> The copies on fine paper were offered at 5 guineas bound in full niger or full vellum. The name of the subscriber was printed in the first volume; this copy printed for railway magnate H. Malcolm Hubbard bears a note from Francis Meynell recording the transfer to Ion Buchanan Pritchard another railway executive.<br /> Uncommon and attractive. Dreyfus 21 and 20. The Nonesuch Century 21 and 20. Ransom Selective Check Lists pp. 163-164 nos. 20 and 21. Rumball-Petre 125 "a beautiful work of a famous press". Tomkinson p. 136 nos. 19 and 19a Nonesuch Press unknown
1809375196Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1809. Text in two columns. 816pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf red morocco lettering piece minor staining. Minor foxing early owner's inscription on the endpaper. Text in two columns. 816pp. 12mo. First edition of the first Bible printed in Connecticut. An October 18 1809 advertisement in the Connecticut Courant reads: "Hudson and Goodwin have the satisfaction to announce to the public that they have this day completed their first edition of the School Bible. The type is entirely new imported at heavy expense . and the paper is so good a quality that it is asserted with confidence to be the best of the kind offered for sale in this country."<br /> <br /> "This is supposed to be the earliest edition of the Bible printed in Connecticut. "It was set up in Nonpareil smaIl 12mo making I believe 68 forms 34 sheets put in chases corrected and shipped from the foundry of Wilson and Sons Glasgow to Hudson and Goodwin at a cost as I have understood of 6000 crowns. The type was sold for old metal about the year 1837" O'Callaghan. Shaw 16998; Hills 168; O'Callaghan 1809.6 Hudson and Goodwin unknown
1791373974Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition. 2 engraved plates complete. 1310pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT accomplished by Thomas and Lydia Newton Bond. Royal quarto. Contemporary calf spine with raised bands ruled in gilt on either side of each band. Foxing and toning front endpaper detached. First Edition. 2 engraved plates complete. 1310pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT accomplished by Thomas and Lydia Newton Bond. Royal quarto. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution" Wright Early American Bibles pages 74-88. <br /> <br /> Thomas' quarto bible was published in three distinct issues: with 2 copperplates only i.e. frontispieces to the Old and New Testaments as here; with two copperplates and John Brown's 89-page concordance in the rear; and the rarest and most deluxe form with 48 copperplates and the concordance.<br /> <br /> A very difficult edition to find in a contemporary unsophisticated binding. Evans 23185; Hills 30; ESTC W4496 Isaiah Thomas unknown
1792374643Philadelphia: W. Young 1792. Text in two columns. 1170pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf rebacked at an early date upper cover detached worn. Provenance: General Theological Seminary perforated stamps bookplate other markings. Paper box. Text in two columns. 1170pp. 12mo. A rare early American bible advertised as the "first American pocket bible" being Young's second edition of the bible complete with metrical psalms following his edition from a different setting of 1790 Evans 22345; Hills 25. That bible was advertised for sale by Young in Dunlap's American Daily Advertise in May 1791 as "lately published" at the price of "6-1/2 dollars cash and 7 if entered on account." Although both that bible and the present edition are duodecimo the former is larger in both height and width and the 1791 advertisement continues by noting that "An edition of the Bible in pocket size is now in the press." The present Bible would be advertised in Philadelphia newspapers in September and October 1792 as "now in the press the first American edition of the Pocket Bible . printed on fine paper with good type." <br /> <br /> Small-format American bibles published less than a decade after the Aitken bible are rare and this would appear to be the smallest bible in English published in America to date. Hills 32; Evans 23183; ESTC W4493 W. Young unknown
1811320096Philadelphia: Mathew Carey No. 122 Market-Street 1811. 4 1080 72pp. Complete with 50 illustrations plate at p. 916 is detached and tattered at edges and plate at 932 is detached and with considerably trimmed. Early entries on the family register by the Mingle family. Sectional titles for the OT and NT 1811 Apocrypha and Brown's Brief Concordance as issued. 4to. Contemporary calf. Worn upper cover nearly detached. Foxing. Early inked stamp of P.A. Johnson Bookseller & Stationer Morristown N.J. on front pastedown and with ownership inscription on ffep: "Henry Mingle's Bible bought of Peter A. Johnson in Morristown October 28 1812. 4 1080 72pp. Complete with 50 illustrations plate at p. 916 is detached and tattered at edges and plate at 932 is detached and with considerably trimmed. Early entries on the family register by the Mingle family. Sectional titles for the OT and NT 1811 Apocrypha and Brown's Brief Concordance as issued. 4to. In 1804 Carey first published a new edition of the quarto Bible from standing type and including the Apocrypha. A consummate promoter and bookseller Carey re-issued the Bible on a variety of paper stocks and with various numbers of engraved maps and plates over the next decade. An 1809 advertisement listed 34 variations of his "Family Bible" priced between $3.50 and $12 however none of those listed include more than 30 engraved maps and plates suggesting this issue with 50 engraved maps and plates and including the Old Testament New Testament Psalms Apocrypha and Brown's Concordance to be among the most deluxe version yet issued by Carey. We find no record of Carey's quarto bible with 50 plates as here.<br /> <br /> With an early Morristown New Jersey bookseller stamp and provenance to the Mingle family of Warren County New Jersey. Hills 174; O'Callaghan 1810.1. See Clarkin 622 8 plates and 623 1 map 10 plates; this issue not recorded Mathew Carey, No. 122 Market-Street unknown
1791345231Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition of Isaiah Thomas's Folio Bible. 50 engraved plates. Folio. Contemporary calf red morocco lettering piece. Expert repairs at top and bottom of spine. Housed in a morocco backed box. First Edition of Isaiah Thomas's Folio Bible. 50 engraved plates. Folio. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution"--Wright Early American Bibles pages 74-88. Evans 23186; Hills 29; ESTC W4497 Isaiah Thomas unknown
1814313413New York: Collins and Co 1814. Third Collins edition. Text in two columns separate title for New Testament. Folio. Contemporary diced morocco marbled endpapers. Some scuffing and wear to boards leaves browned. Third Collins edition. Text in two columns separate title for New Testament. Folio. This copy without the plates sometimes found in this edition. The family records between the Old and New Testaments detail the ancestors and decendents of William Hartman Woodin 1821-1886 of the Jackson & Woodin railroad manufacturing concern of Berwick Pennsylvania. His grandson of the same name was Frankling Roosevelt's secretary of the treasury in 1933. O'Callaghan p 117. Provenance: W.H. Woodin stamped in gilt on spine; genealogical records between OT & NT Collins and Co unknown
1769254985Cambridge: John Archdeacon Printer to the University 1769. 2 vols. 12mo. Bound in contemporary green morocco covers with outer dog-tooth roll border surrounding floral roll border spines in five compartments with raised bands a.e.g comb-marbled endleaves light rubbing to extremities binder's blanks removed from both volumes. 2 vols. 12mo. Archdeacon was University Printer from 1766 to 1793. Darlow & Moule 889; t95018. Provenance: Mary Carlton contemporary bookplate; Nancy Barr gift inscription "given her by her aunt Mary Carlton" John Archdeacon, Printer to the University unknown
181816976Pittsburg: Cramer and Spear 1818. Small 8vo. 792pp. Original publisher's sheep. Signatures sprung from use but attached; pages generally very soiled and with some contemporary markings; old repair to the spine else the binding is in good condition. Ownership name of Dan Smith dated 1828 and later 'Dan Smith His Book'. The New Testament has a separate title page. <br /> <p><br /> In this copy there is a short note pinned to its verso listing the births of members of the McNees family in the late nineteenth century. <br /> <p><br /> This is the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny River and the first Bible in English printed west of the Allegheny Mountains. <br /> <p><br /> Note: this is a well used copy but in good condition. Rare. <br /> <p><br /> Hills 349; Not in Darlow and Moule<br /> <p>. Cramer and Spear unknown
1790374001New York: Hugh Gaine 1790. 336pp. Text printed in two columns printer's device on the title. 12mo. Contemporary sheep minor wear. Tear to front endpaper else very good. 336pp. Text printed in two columns printer's device on the title. 12mo. The second NT printed in New York preceded only by the prior edition by Gaine dated 1789 known in but one extant example at NYPL and evidently from the same setting of type as this edition. The complete Bible was not published in New York until 1792. Evans 22359; Hills 27; ESTC W4679 Hugh Gaine unknown
