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La Sainte Bible . revue . par David Martin.
15042666New York: Stéréotypé par Henry W. Rees pour la Société Biblique Americaine D. Fanshaw Imprimeur 183940. 8vo. 819 1 blank pp. 261 1 blank pp. <br><br>Only the second edition in the U.S. of the Martin edition of the French Bible. Prior to 1835 the American Bible Society favored using the text of the 1805 French Bible.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: This copy is exquisitely bound in full black leather in good imitation of morocco elaborately stamped in gold on the covers forming a five-element frame or border with gilt tooling on the board edges and with gilt inner dentelles. The spine has slightly raised bands and elaborate gold stamping in its compartments. => This is the second copy of this Bible that we have had and we are convinced that this is a publisher's deluxe leather binding. A choice of colors was apparently available for the other copy we had was of an olive-green color.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: The name "Sarah B. Leverett" is lettered in gilt on the front cover and the same name is given in precise gothic calligraphy on the front free endpaper. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in O'Callaghan; not in Darlow & Moule. Bound as above corners a little bumped with a bit of long ago refurbishing thereto dulling outermost elements of gilt border only on front cover just at those corners. Evidence to endpapers of the volume's once having been sewn into a chemise or wrapper; old notes just discernable not really readable in a minute hand on front free endpaper i.e. "behind" Sarah's name. Faint waterstaining in lower inside area for the first few pages only. => The whole very attractive and well preserved. Stéréotypé par Henry W. Rees, pour la Société Biblique Americaine, D. Fanshaw, Imprimeur hardcover books
