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1809 · 7132 — Cantabrigiae Nov-Anglorum: Typis Academicis sumptibus W. Wells & W. Hilliard 1809. 8vo. 2 vols. I: 2 ff. pp. VII VIII–XXIV 275 1 blank pp. II: 1 f. pp. 277 278–615 1 blank p. <br><br>First American printing of the Griesbach Greek New Testament and only the third version to be published here. Printed at Cambridge Massachusetts and using as its text the 1805 Leipzig printing interleaved with blank sheets for notes some of which have been employed for that purpose. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 17009; Hall American Greek Testaments pp. 27 & 65. Recent blue cloth spines gilt-lettered; slight rubbing to corners and lettering. Remnants of paper labels and inked marginalia on title-pages. Pages lightly age-toned with darker stains none obscuring print; but with a few small internal holes resulting in loss of individual letters but not of sense. Typis Academicis, sumptibus W. Wells & W. Hilliard hardcover books