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179611489Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1796. 4to 27.7 cm 10.9". vii xvi 488 196 pp. 8 ff. <br><br>Three American "firsts" here counting that of our caption! For while being additionally the uncommon first printing in America of the Gospels in English in any translation other than the King James or the Douai-Rheims version this is also the first privately accomplished translation of the Gospels printed in America.<br>Â Â Â Â George Campbell 171996 was a minister of the Church of Scotland theologian and principal of Marischal College. He wrote a number of theological works including a defense of miracles in response to David Hume and was noted for originality of argument as well as charity towards his opponents. This translation of the Gospels was first published in England in 1789; the work consists of a preface and preliminary dissertations the actual translation and the notes with the whole being very scholarly resorting frequently to the Greek in the dissertations and notes.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Title-page and contents leaf with early inked inscriptions reading "Jas. Booth. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC W4383; Evans 30086; Hills English Bible in America 56. On Campbell see: The Dictionary of National Biography. Contemporary treed sheep rubbed and abraded with leather lost at corners; nicely rebacked with original label laid on. Title-page and contents inscribed as described above; endpapers waterstained and pages with light spots of foxing. Paper in many sections faintly blue. Thomas Dobson hardcover books
183724118Andover & New York: Gould and Newman 1837. 8vo. 2 vols. I: 584 pp. II: x 2 584 pp. <br><br>From the latest London edition. In two volumes. Publisher's gray ribbed cloth stamped in blind on boards and in gilt on spines. Boards rubbed and bumped. Ex-library: Each volume with call number label on spine bookplate rubber-stamps and charge pocket. Gould and Newman hardcover books
19329026550Leipzig: Limited Editions Club 1932. Hardcover. Near fine. Decorations by E.R. Weiss. Introduction by Ernest Sutherland Bates. One of 1500 numbered copies printed by Poeschel & Trepte and signed by the illustrator. Bound in quarter vellum with paper covered boards. Slipcase with printed paper label shows wear at one edge. Former owner's bookplate on front paste down endpaper. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
181920142Ballston Spa N.Y.: Pr. for the Society J. Comstock printer 1819. 8vo. 15 1 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. Removed from a nonce volume. Early private ownership signature on title-page. Very good. Pr. for the Society (J. Comstock, printer) unknown books
1969291977Madison.: University of Wisconsin Press. 1969. Red cloth gilt titles. Fine in a severely silverfished dust jacket with some loss to the lower edge and foredge. 28x20.5 cm. Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 5.5 lb. University of Wisconsin Press. hardcover books
2012WRCAM46192ANew Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German plus twenty-five original leaves and six additional illustrated leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history reflective of the European culture which gave it birth; the local conditions of Pennsylvania where it rose to its greatest heights; and the rich German-American culture created by emigrants and their descendants in the 19th-century United States. From the first American edition of a Bible in German in 1743 through the late 19th century numerous printers and publishers issued bibles in various formats ranging from large folios intended for lectern use to smaller versions for personal study. This leaf book celebrates the range and richness of these productions indicative of the world of German culture in America in the 18th and 19th centuries as expressed through its most widely studied text in a series of twenty- five leaves. Each set contains two versions of the descriptive text one in English and the other in German with an introduction by Don Yoder Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Folklore and Folk-Life at the University of Pennsylvania. Further text describes the printers of each leaf the circumstances under which they were printed and other attributes. Each leaf is enclosed in an individual folder. <br> <br> The German Bible in America is issued in an edition of sixty copies with fifty of the regular series and ten additional deluxe copies containing six extra leaves of illustrations from the illustrated bibles included in the collection. This is one of ten deluxe copies lettered by hand. unknown books
2012WRCAM46192New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German plus twenty-five original leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a cloth clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history reflective of the European culture which gave it birth the local conditions of Pennsylvania where it rose to its greatest heights and the rich German-American culture created by emigrants and their descendants in the 19th-century United States. From the first American edition of a Bible in German in 1743 through the late 19th century numerous printers and publishers issued Bibles in various formats ranging from large folios intended for lectern use to smaller versions for personal study. This leaf book celebrates the range and richness of these productions indicative of the world of German culture in America in the 18th and 19th centuries as expressed through its most widely studied text in a series of twenty- five leaves. Each set contains two versions of the descriptive text one in English and the other in German with an introduction by Don Yoder Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Folklore and Folk-Life at the University of Pennsylvania. Further text describes the printers of each of the leaves the circumstances under which they were printed and other attributes. Each leaf is enclosed in an individual folder. <br> <br> The German Bible in America is issued in an edition of sixty copies with fifty of the regular series and ten additional deluxe copies containing six extra leaves of illustrations from the illustrated Bibles included in the collection. This is one of fifty regular copies numbered by hand. A deluxe issue with six additional illustrated leaves is also available for $3500. hardcover books
2012WRCLIT70037New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German plus twenty-five original leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a custom clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history reflective of the European culture which gave it birth the local conditions of Pennsylvania where it rose to its greatest heights and the rich German-American culture created by emigrants and their descendants in the 19th-century United States. From the first American edition of a Bible in German in 1743 through the late 19th century numerous printers and publishers issued Bibles in various formats ranging from large folios intended for lectern use to smaller versions for personal study. This leaf book celebrates the range and richness of these productions indicative of the world of German culture in America in the 18th and 19th centuries as expressed through its most widely studied text in a series of twenty- five leaves. Each set contains two versions of the descriptive text one in English and the other in German with an introduction by Don Yoder Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Folklore and Folk-Life at the University of Pennsylvania. Further text describes the printers of each of the leaves the circumstances under which they were printed and other attributes. Each leaf is enclosed in an individual folder.The German Bible in America is issued in an edition of sixty copies with fifty of the regular series and ten additional deluxe copies containing six extra leaves of illustrations from the illustrated Bibles included in the collection. This is one of fifty regular copies numbered by hand. A deluxe issue with six additional illustrated leaves is also available for $3500. unknown books
193015121Washington D.C.: Judd & Detweiler 1930. Edition ltd. to 475 copies tall 8vo pp. 2 158; many illus. throughout; orig. cream linen stamped in gilt a little soiled else very good in publisher's slipcase. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. This copy marked "designer's copy" on the colophon and with Douglas's bookplate designed by Bruce Rogers and with a 23-line autograph note to Douglas signed by Bruce Rogers "B.R." concerning the design of this book modern art architecture design etc. with orig. envelope tipped to a blank flyleaf; also at the back in a separate pocket are the printed comments of among others Carl Purington Rollins and William Kittridge apparently from Douglas's own newsletter. From Rogers' note: "I like . your modernistic book . better as a remembrance than as a book - but I admire all you youngsters' efforts to put "modernism" on the map - and you have almost done so - but not for long. It's getting passe already." <br/><br/> Judd & Detweiler unknown books
1932220539Washington DC Judd & Detweiler 1932. 1932. First edition thus. 4to. 32 line illustrations by Earl Winslow. Original gilt stamped tan cloth t.e.g. Acetate dust jacket. Fine fresh copy. One of 475 numbered copies signed by Winslow. Designed by Lester Douglas and John Davis. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. Washington, DC [Judd & Detweiler] 1932. hardcover books
189913914New York: American Bible Society 1899. 32mo. 186 pp. <br><br>Publisher's cloth wrappers front cover with gilt-stamped title; silk ribbon placemarker; all edges orange. Owner's signature at front endpaper. Pencilled marginal notations and marks and underlining throughout; notations to back blank pages. Faint offsetting from old paper inserted between several pages. Nice little book. American Bible Society hardcover books
1843WRCAM45615Bombay 1843. 108pp. Later black morocco gilt. Corners heavily rubbed; library markings. Front flyleaf detached. Text clean. Good plus. An early Indian imprint printed for the Bombay Auxiliary Bible Society at the American Mission Press with text in both English and Marathi. Not in Diehl. Scarce - a search of OCLC turns up only three copies at Yale Oxford and the New York Public Library though this copy is marked as a Library of Congress duplicate. unknown books
1959251299New York: Kress 1959. Private. hardcover. near fine. 44 color plates. 253 pages. 4to cloth-backed boards t.e.g. slipcase solid but somewhat faded and worn at edges. New York: The Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1959. A near fine copy in very good slipcase.<br/><br/> Kress 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
194735403New York: The Scribe Archway Press 1947. Small 8vo 22.4 cm; 8.75". 41 pp. 1 plate. <br><br>Handsome edition based on a calligraphic text by W.A. Dwiggins expressly for this edition. With decorations by WAD as well. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Agner Books of WAD 47.08. Publisher's gray cloth. Without the slilpcase. Very good. The Scribe, Archway Press hardcover books
150136730Doway: Laurence Kellam 160910. 4to I: 22.3 cm 8.75"; II: 21 cm 8.3". 2 vols. I: 2 1115 1 pp. 5 leaves supplied. II: 1124 2 errata pp. 5 leaves in facsimile. <br><br>First edition of the first Catholic Old Testament in English editio princeps of the Douai or Douay or Doway Old Testament half of what is commonly known as the DouaiRheims Bible. The New Testament first appeared at Rheims in 1582; at that time the Old Testament was said to be ready for printing but its actual publication was delayed until 1609 due to lack of funds. Both portions were translated from the Latin Vulgate mainly by Gregory Martin with the intensely controversial Old Testament notes done by Thomas Worthington under the supervision of Cardinal William Allen at Douai the center of English Catholicism in exile during Elizabeth's reimposition of Protestantism.<br>Â Â Â Â This translation is important for all not just Catholics as an enduringly influential milestone in Bible history. => One of the foundational works in any collection of Bibles and Testaments.<br>Â Â Â Â Evidence of Readership / Provenance: Vol. I front free endpaper with early inked inscription: "Cloister of Nazareth"; pastedown with inscription in a different hand reading "The holy Bible some pages cut out for modesty's sake thro' ignorance yt. each word hear in sic is sacred & too sacred for such as finds thmselves unfit to read it." Vol. II front pastedown inscribed "Men have many faults / Women have but two / Nothing wright thay say / Nothing good they doo" sic signed by the Rev. Folkins of Derbyshire dated MDCCCX; back pastedown with inked inscription of John Caldwell and pencilled inscription of Thomas R. Kilching. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Darlow & Moule 231; ESTC S101944; Rumball-Petre Rare Bibles 119; STC rev. ed. 2207. Vol. I: Contemporary vellum with yapp edges spine with early hand-inked title; vellum moderately dust-soiled and worn spine with remnants of shelving label. Vol. II: Contemporary mottled calf framed in gilt double fillets spine with gilt rules; rubbed with small cracks in leather overall especially at joints and spine very unobtrusively rebacked. Inscriptions and annotations as above vol. II also with pencilled annotations on front pastedown and bookseller's small ticket on rear pastedown. Sometime after the "immodest" pages in Genesis were removed they were supplied from another copy tipped in so one can readily see what they were!; five lacking leaves in vol. II in appended historical table and index were supplied in facsimile. Occasional minor foxing and smudging; vol. II with waterstaining to some outer and lower edges edges of first and last few leaves slightly tattered. => A landmark Old Testament here in an intriguing copy. Laurence Kellam hardcover books
1954268212London: The Dropmore Press 1954. First trade edition preceded by 100 numbered copies. 84 collotype plates 8 colored. vii 3 191 3 pp. Printed in 14 point Monotype Walbaum on Arnold & Foster mould-made vellum by Oxford University Press. With prospectus. 1 vols. Small Folio. Half red niger morocco and blindstamped parchement covers. Fine. First trade edition preceded by 100 numbered copies. 84 collotype plates 8 colored. vii 3 191 3 pp. Printed in 14 point Monotype Walbaum on Arnold & Foster mould-made vellum by Oxford University Press. With prospectus. 1 vols. Small Folio. Complete facsimile of a c. 1325 "Bible En Image" with 235 picture stories prepared for a 14th century block-book. Inscribed and with an ALS from Hassall to A.H. Carder one of the printers of the book. The Dropmore Press unknown books
195452483London: The Dropmore Press 1954. Printed on hand made paper by Oxford University Press was originally intended for publication by the Roxburghe Club with the patronage of the Earl of Leicester. 84 plates 8 colored. vii 3 191 3 pp. 1 vols. Small Folio. Bound in original half red niger and parchment boards stamped in blind. Bookplate of Ben Zevin. Fine copy. Printed on hand made paper by Oxford University Press was originally intended for publication by the Roxburghe Club with the patronage of the Earl of Leicester. 84 plates 8 colored. vii 3 191 3 pp. 1 vols. Small Folio. Complete facsimile of a c. 1325 "Bible En Image" with 235 picture stories were prepared for a 14th Century Block-Book. The Dropmore Press 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
1963284927London: Nonesuch Press 1963. hardcover. fine. The Authorized or King James Version of 1611 now reprinted with the Apocrypha. 105 reproductions of sixteenth-century woodcuts of Bernard Salomon. 3 vols. 8vo gilt- dec. cloth. London: The Nonesuch Press 1963. Fine.<br/><br/> Vol. I: The Old Testament Genesis to Kings. Vol. II: The Old Testament Chronicles to Malachi. Vol. III: The New Testament followed by the Apocrypha of the Old Testament.<br/><br/> Nonesuch Press 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
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 books
1707265207London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcombe; G. Croom for the Company of Stationers 1707. Engraved title-page. 8vo. Early 19th-century full diced Russia preserving original 18th-century brass clasps and catches clasps engraved with the initials "R" and "D" rebacked preserving spine a.e.g. Covers lightly worn textblock trimmed touching headings edges of title and first few leaves worn dampstain at lower margin of first few leaves soiling and browning throughout. Engraved title-page. 8vo. An early 18th century Bible belonging to Robert Dewhurst and family with an elaborate full-page calligraphic ownership inscription on the ffep and Dewhurst's initials engraved onto the binding clasps. ESTC N11371; Darlow & Moule 701 with 1708 engraved title. Provenance: Robert Dewhurst b. 1682 initials engraved on clasps calligraphic ownership inscription on ffep Dewhurst family register on versos of New Testament and Psalms title-pages Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcombe; G. Croom for the Company of Stationers unknown books
18318254Boston: Pr. by Stephen Forster at the Boston Press Francis Jenks proprietor for Gray & Bowen 1831. 4to 27.7 cm 10.875". In 2 vols. I: lacking frontis. 2 ff. 915 1 blank pp. II: lacking frontis. 2 ff. 804 1 blank pp. 1 blank f. <br><br>Handsomely and plainly printed in two columns of large type without notes this two-volume Bible is as remarkable for the becoming simplicity of its layout as it is for its handsome binding of red leather gilt.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Boston binding Straight-grained red morocco amply gilt in the Regency style: Front corners with a wide gilt-stamped foliate frame enclosing a narrow blind-ruled frame. Spine with raised bands a broad foliate gilt roll on each band second and fourth compartments gilt-lettered within rest with gilt frames. Gilt inner dentelles and board edges. Red and white silk head bands. Marbled endpapers in a stone pattern. All edges gilt.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Presentation inscription on front fly-leaves: Preston S. and Francis M. Lincoln to their grandmother Hannah Shepard 1835. Small booklabel of Michael Zinman on front pastedown. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Hills 733; O'Callaghan 208. Binding as above edges and joints with minor rubbing front joint of vol. II opening from foot bindings showing a few light or small abrasions; overall clean and attractive. Lacking frontispiece for vol. I and possibly a frontispiece for vol. II: O'Callaghan gives this edition as having a frontispiece for each volume while Hills cites two copies one this size with a frontispiece for vol. I only and a large paper copy with a frontispiece for each volume. A few closed tears into text without loss; some pages especially towards the end of vol. I shallowly chipped without loss of impression; light foxing throughout with occasional darker browning or staining. Inked ownership inscription on the recto of the first fly-leaf of each volume. [Pr. by Stephen Forster at the Boston Press, Francis Jenks, proprietor, for] Gray & Bowen hardcover 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
