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

Sale 2018 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 920

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FIRST NEW JERSEY BIBLE (BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. 4to, 19th-century stamped morocco with the owner's name in gilt on the front cover (Florence E. Coates), joints split, worn at extremities; lacks A2 ("To the Reader") and A3 ("Account of the Dates"), title-page paper-backed, some foxing and browning; scattered minor marginialia, early owner's inscriptions on the front free endpaper, contemporary signature on the title. Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1791

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"The first Bible printed in New Jersey, the second quarto edition of the King James Bible printed in America, and the most ambitious project of Isaac Collins' printing career"--Felcone 12; Evans 23184; Hills 31.