(BIBLE IN ENGLISH) The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New

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THE AITKEN BIBLE (BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the former Translations Diligently compared and revised. A-Zz12, Aaa-Aaa5; A-Dd6; lacks the general title and the blank between the Old and New Testaments (usually lacking). 2 volumes in one. 12mo, contemporary sheep, worn and dry; first signature of the Old Testament browned and stained, New Testament title chipped and torn with loss, first signature of the New Testament sprung and chipped at edges with minor loss, staining along fore-edges bleeding into the margins of several signatures at the end of the OT and the beginning of the NT; early owner's inscription on the rear blank advising in verse against stealing the book (T. Thurston); library bookplate on the front pastedown. Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1782; 1781

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the first printing of the complete bible in english in america.