Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) Brown, John; editor. The Self-Interpreting Bible. Folding map, 18 plates. Folio, contemporary calf, worn; first few leaves stained including title and frontispiece, very minor dampstaining, moderate foxing, corner tear on leaf 3E1 with partial loss of note; early owner's inscription on verso of frontispiece. New York: Hodge and Campbell, [1790]-1792
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first american edition. The first Bible printed in New York, issued in 40 parts over two years. Although issued as the posthumous work of a Scottish editor, the plates were American and it was promoted with patriotic fervor. The frontispiece features the New York seal and allegorical figures of religion, liberty, and America holding the Constitution and the Bible. George Washington appears first on the list of subscribers. Evans 22348, 23181, 24099; Hills 37; Wright, pages 102-9.