Mar 26, 2009 - Sale 2174

Sale 2174 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. Thick 12mo, contemporary calf, worn; lacking free endpapers, browned, several early owners' inscriptions. Philadelphia: Stereotyped for the Bible Society at Philadelphia by T. Rutt, Shacklewell, London, 1812

Additional Details

"The first stereotyped Bible to be printed in the United States. The plates were imported from England"--Hills 213. Inscribed with the family register of Philadelphia ship captain James Simpson (entries dated 1826-34) and his list of ships.