(BIBLE IN ENGLISH) Brown John; editor The Self Interpreting

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(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) Brown, John; editor. The Self-Interpreting Bible. Folding map, 18 plates. Folio, contemporary calf, worn, backstrip chipped; endpapers renewed at an early date, crude flyleaves inserted, title torn and laid down on paper, minor dampstaining, lacking the subscription list found in some copies, intermittent foxing, many closed tears, a few early repairs, leaves I:5O1 and I:7O2 chipped with slight loss of text, leaf I:5Q2 worn and detached; early inscription on rear free endpaper, 2 leaves of Hill family records before New Testament. New York: T. Allen, [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. Includes the Apocrypha and the 8-page subscription list, not found in all copies. George Washington appears first on the list of subscribers.
This copy also bears the scarce variant imprint, "Printed for T. Allen, and sold at his book and stationary store, no. 12, Queen-Street." ESTC records only 4 copies of this issue, as opposed to 22 copies naming Hodge and Campbell as printer. Bristol B7929; Hills 37 (variant not recorded); Wright, pages 102-9 (this variant not seen).