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 The Special Command Of King James I Of England

[THOMAS, Isaiah]

Published by Anson Whipple, Walpole, 1815

About this Item

First Edition. Octavo, contemporary full leather binding, leather spine label, 959 numbered pages (Apocrypha not paginated). First Holy Bible Printed in the State of New Hampshire. Printing in New Hampshire began in 1756 but this was the first complete Bible. Anson Whipple was the son-in-law of pioneering American printer Isaiah Thomas and used Thomas's press for this Bible. The typesetting and printing took five years to accomplish and the press run was 8000 copies. Two copies found on WorldCat. Very scarce. Textually Very Good, signs of early stain at fore-edge of pages, in Very Good binding, top spine end and lower cover corners rather nicely rebacked in leather, hinges firm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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 The Special Command Of King James I Of England
• Publisher: Anson Whipple, Walpole
• Publication Date: 1815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.