Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 975
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
THE FIRST "HOT PRESS" BIBLE IN AMERICA (BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. Frontispiece. 2 volumes. Large folio (16 1/2 x 10 inches), early calf, moderate wear, front joint restored; plate slightly worn and laid down to second flyleaf, intermittent foxing, offsetting to title page as usual, lacking subscriber list as sometimes seen; 3 pages of Penfield family registers on front flyleaves. With subscriber leaf. Philadelphia: Thompson & Small, "from the hot press of John Thompson," [1796]-1798
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first hot-press edition of the bible printed in america, famous for its clarity of printing. The ink and type were heated and then seared onto the page. This edition also of note as one of the largest Bibles printed in America in its time, issued in 40 parts over two years. With a striking frontispiece engraved by Alexander Lawson. "A beautiful edition, and very well printed"--Sabin 5182. Evans 30066, 31808, and 33408; Hills 62.