(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, boards detached; title and frontispiece coming loose, minor dampstaining, intermittent foxing, a few tears to pages; family registers on verso of frontispiece and on the rear free endpaper. 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. The family registers give births and deaths in the families of Peter Coruth and New York shoemaker Michael Griffeth through 1832. Evans 22348, 23181, 24099; Hills 37; Wright, pages 102-9.