Philadelphia: Kimber and Sharpless, [circa 1826 - 1844].
Price: $200.00
Softcover. Thick quarto. 4, 6, 5-570, [4] family records, 571-770, 54pp. Engraved frontispieces for both the Old and New Testaments. Contemporary leather boards, spine with raised bands bordered in gilt making five compartments, within the second compartment from the top is affixed a red leather label with a decorative gilt boarder along the top and bottom and "Holy Bible" stamped in gilt. The hinge is severely cracked at the start of The New Testament with that portion of the textblock separating from the spine and the pages with edgewear and creases, the boards and spine are worn, corners bumped, some scattered dampstaining, and scattered foxing throughout, a fair only copy. The family record pages have not been written in. This particular edition published by Kimber and Sharpless is not listed in Margaret Hills' bibliography *The English Bible in America*. In this edition, the Old and New Testaments have both been stereotyped by E. White of New York, but the Concordance has been stereotyped by J. Howe, with no location printed. Added material in this edition includes, "an index; an alphabetical table of all the names in The Old and New Testaments, with their significations; tables of scripture weights, measures, and coins, &c." (from the title page).
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