The Holy Bible, Containing Old and New Testaments: Together with The Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised with Canne's Marginal Notes and References. To Which are Added 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.

Verlag: H. & E. Phinney.Sold Also by I. Tiffany, Utica, 1840

Beschreibung

H. &. E. PHINNEY BIBLE WITH APOCRYPHA, PUBLISHED 1840. This size Bible is called quatro. Phinney published quatro Bibles from 1822 until 1848. The 1828 Cooperstown edition of this H. & E. Phinney Bible was the one that the founder of Mormonism (Joseph Smith) used in his new translation of the Scriptures. In earlier years James Fenimore Cooper learned type setting at the Phinney publishing business. Full leather with an orange tone. Covers bear a blind embossed ornamentation. Hubbed spine bears four raised bands and an original black label stamped in gilt lettering. Gilt ornamentation also accents the spine. Illustrated with lovely plate engravings in black and white throughout. Dual columned. Also contains an appendix and is indexed. A table of Family Records is present between the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, with the hand-written records noting the marriages, births and deaths of the McGlinchey and Phillips families in period ink, dated from the early to mid 1800s. Newspaper clippings are also affixed within the family records, as well as a newspaper clipping laid in noting the death of Dwight L. Moody in a Detroit, Michigan newspaper, dated December 23, 1899. with Paginated separately, the Old Testament contains 576 pages. The Apocrypha is 99 pages. The New Testament resumes pagination from the Old Testament at page 579 through to the end of the index at page 768. A six-columned concordance concludes this copy at 35 pages. Hills 519. CONDITION: Overall VG, exterior cover shows wear and some erosion of the leather at the edges. Inner hinges have cracked, yet boards are still firmly affixed. Leaves show some wear and are toned and foxed throughout, yet are unmarked except for the written family records, a mark or two within the index in period ink, and some pencil notation on the front pastedown. Text is fully legible. Delightful pressed foliage is present and occasionally laid in, also presumed from the period. Illustrations are wonderful. A lovely, heirloom worthy copy of the Holy Scriptures. At over 6 lbs., due to this copy's size and weight, an additional shipping charge may apply. Full refund if not satisfied. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 069924

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Titel: The Holy Bible, Containing Old and New ...

Verlag: H. & E. Phinney.Sold Also by I. Tiffany, Utica

Erscheinungsdatum: 1840

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good