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(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible . . . Correctly Copied from Collins's Quarto Edition. 15 plates, title page vignette. Folio, contemporary morocco gilt, moderate wear; minor ink stain in upper margin, intermittent foxing; extensive genealogical notes and correspondence dated 1776-1922 on endpapers, flyleaves, family record leaf, and laid in. New York: William Durell, 1801
The original owner of this Bible was Jacob Schieffelin (1757-1835), a German-American Loyalist during the Revolution who became a successful druggist and real estate speculator in New York City from 1794 onward. Other family records are from his Lawrence in-laws and his Ferris, Pell, and Rogers descendants. Tipped to the verso of the frontispiece is a 1776 letter from loyalist Effingham Lawrence to his father Richard Lawrence of Bayside, Long Island dated London, 13 October 1776. The vignette and a plate of Jonah are by Alexander Anderson. Hills 76.
