Bibles

London: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Co.; F.C. & J. Rivington; Lackington, Allen, & Co; J. Mawman; Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones; & Wilson & Son 1811-1812 First Editions 3 vols thick 4to ill., 1811 Three thick quarto volumes, uniformly bound in original black full leather, raised gilt spines, gilt borders, moderate shelf wear, marbled end-papers. The hinges are all solid, and contents are clean and near fine. Illustrated with numerous engraved plates. Volume one begins with a Prolegomena on the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Old Testament, The Translators to the Readers, Addenda et Corrigenda, The Various Editions of the Bible and Parts Thereof, in English, since the year 1526, History of the Present Authorised Translation of the Bible, Essays on the Jewish Coins, Weights, and Measures, and The Calendar of the Jews, and the Old Testament from Genesis to Esther. Volume Two continues the Old Testament from Job to Zechariah, plus the Apocryphal books. Volume… Read More

Very Good 1714, Hamburg Germany. The first ever printing of this seminal classic. The first time that Bible stories were printed specifically for children. Thus it was somewhat "cleansed" before publication. One source I found says that the incest and murder committed by David were altered, among other things. It is four inches by seven inches, and includes 104 plates from engravings, 52 in the Old Testament, and 52 in the New Testament. There are 400 pages of text, plus the eight page introduction. Also, all the plates are on unnumbered pages, for a total of 512 printed pages. The book is in its original calves leather boards and spine, which are still attached but fragile. All pages, including all front and rear endpapers, are present. The last two plates have been repaired at the edges, and several pages inside have edge tears or stains, but they are minimal. There is the expected foxing throughout, and a former owner name and inscription in pencil at the front and a name alone in pencil at the… Read More

Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, 1736-35., 1736. 2 Volumes in 1. undated engraved title by J.Sturt with imprint of Richard Ware. with Apocrypha & index. contemporary dark red morocco, wide gilt tooled borders on covers incorporating crown & sceptre ornaments, gilt tooled spine with 5 raised bands, centre covers with black morocco onlay incorporating letters JHS & winged angel head ornaments, within gilt flame border (bit rubbed with minor stain on upper cover, joints & spine ends repaired, short splits in lower joints, occasional light spotting). Provenance: Capt. William Wilkie of Montrose (d. 1761), his spouse Mrs. Ann Napier (d. 1779), William Petrie (d. 1834). [BOUND WITH:] CHURCH OF ENGLAND. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer. 4to. undated engraved title by J.Sturt with imprint of Richard Ware. (some marginal dampstaining to first few leaves, a few leaves browned). Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, 1736. [BOUND WITH:] DOWNAME, John. A Brief Concordance. 4to. London: Printed for… Read More

New York: Henry S. Goodspeed & Co., 1873. with an Introduction by Dr. L.P. Brockett 8vo size decorative cloth; 1,158 pages. Every page has a beautifully decorated engraved border: angels, cherubim, seraphim at the top and an open bible centered among flourishes at the bottom. There are also several hundred full page black and white engraved illustrations. Dark brown endpapers. Covers are brown cloth with bevelled edges. They are decorated with gilt titles and illustrations and black decorations. Ingram Cobbin (1777 - 1851) was an English minister. When ill heath forced his retirement from the pulpit, he turned to writing hymns and biblical and scholastic works. Book is partly disbound with front cover detached bound to front endpaper and back cover partly detached. Worn corners and head and heel of spine and to detached areas. We note finger marks or ink transfer to several pages; name and notes on ffep; two small amounts of soil on back cover, a small mottled area on front cover and… Read More

New York: Pageant Books, 1961 Full red morocco, signed "Alpha B.B. Co., New York." Blindstamped diamond-shaped decoration on front covers with the initials "J.G." in the center. Spines lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. . Two volumes, large folio. Printed on all-rag paper, the text pages printed in lithography and the illuminated pages—about a hundred in number—in sheet-fed gravure. Back joint of Volume 2 rubbed. Otherwise a fine, clean copy in crimson cloth open-end slipcases. With the bookplate of noted Leonardo da Vinci collector Elmer Belt (1893-1980). A complete facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible. The reproduction derives from the Insel Verlag edition, which was based on the copy in the Königslichen Bibliothek in Berlin and the copy in the Standischen Landesbibliothek in Fulda, considered to be the most beautifully illuminated of the extant copies. The colophon states that at the time of publication there were 47 copies known to exist. According to the Gutenberg Museum, there… Read More

Reading, Pa: Johann Ritter und Comp, 1821. Hardcover. Good. Die Zweyte Auflage. 251, [1] p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf. Bound with one set of clasps, but only the hardware on the front board remains. Last page contains a multiplication table. Former owner's name at foot of last page: Aaron Roland. The same name in pencil on the title page verso and back fixed endpaper. Early American Imprints, ser. 2 (Shoemaker), 4700; First Century of German Language Printing in the U.S.A, 2516. Scarce. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with minor loss at head of spine; back board is scraped; lacking clasp; lacking both free endpapers, and 1 leaf (pp. 221-222); p. 235 scraped, with small loss of text; faint dampstains throughout; otherwise, clean and tight.

1752 Thomas Stackhouse History of the Holy Bible Illustrated Maps ENORMOUS SETRare history of the Bible – HUGE set with impressive maps!Thomas Stackhouse was an 18th-century English theologian known primarily for his work 'New History of the Holy Bible'. This work was an important ecclesiastical history incorporating descriptions of the early church, Biblical passages, difficult text commentary, and impressive illustrations throughout. This 1752 edition is an enormous two-volume set with over 100 illustrations, maps, and engravings.Item number: #5152 Price: $950STACKHOUSE, ThomasA new history of the Holy Bible : from the beginning of the world, to the establishment of Christianity : with answers to most of the controverted questions, disertations upon the most remarkable passages, and a connection of profane history all along : to which are added, notes, explaining dificult texts, rectifying mis-translations, and reconciling seeming contradictionsLondon : printed for John Hinton, 1752-53. Details:… Read More

The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1862. Hardcover. Good. Mid-19th century KJV English Bible printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1862. Bound in dark-brown leather with gilt "Holy Bible" to spine panel. Blind rulings and decorative elements to spine, front and back panels. Presumably a personal copy of prominent Seventh Day Adventist leader and pastor and later one of its most outspoken critics D. M. Canright. Inscription on front free endpaper reads: "R Deming Bible | Bought January 24, 1866 | of Elder Canright | Seventh day adventist | Price $3.00". Numerous additional inscriptions on endpapers, likely in Deming's hand. Unpaginated. 6 7/8" x 4 5/8". Tight copy with moderate shelf wear, slightly bumped corners and superficially split hinges (not affecting integrity of binding). Light staining to front pastedown and two preliminary blanks. Short tears to fore edges of front and terminal blanks.… Read More

188 pp. 5,2x4,5 cm. With 9 full-page engravings in-text. Printed by H. Mozley, Gainsborough, 1815.
--- Leather bound (modern binding). Gilt lettering on spine. Trace of tape on first engraving. A note written on the last two blank pages, before endpapers. Otherwise, pages are clean.

Containing the Old Testament and the New; Translated out of the Original Tongues; And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Two plates h.t. 10,8x7 cm. Sanborn & Carter, Portland, 1845.
--- Leather bound, gilt lettering on spine. Some wear to extremities. All edges gilt. Name and date written on first blank page. All other pages bright and clean.

1861. Soft cover. Fair. Religious aspirations for the soldier at risk. Sweet little Book: 3 x 41/2. Presbyterian. Philadelphia.

1842 BIBLE by Scottish John Brown + Commentary Illustrated RARE Huge FOLIO KJV
A rare, mid-19th-century huge family Bible, containing both Old and New Testaments. This Bible is filled with notes, commentary, and scriptural references by Scottish minister John Brown of Haddington. Brown's 'Self-Interpreting Bible' is considered to be one of the best Bible interpretations of the late 18th-century. It was first published in Edinburgh in 1778 and contains histories, chronologies, and simple summaries which were designed to reach to poor and inexperienced readers in Scotland.
Item number: #16000
Price: $550
BROWN, John [edit.]
The illustrated family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, &c. &c. ; with the self-interpreting and explanatory notes, and marginal references, of the late Rev. John Brown
London / Glasgow: Published for the proprietor, by Fisher, Son, and Co., 1842.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o Various pagings
o 'New Testament' with added title page… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes. Circa 1870 (undated) Elephant Folio. Text in German. Hundreds of woodcut plates by Gustave Dore. Original black full calf. Spine and boards decorated in gilt and blind stamped. Edge gilt. Wear to the tips, edges, and spine. Some cloth tears to head and foot of spine. Tightly bound and internally clean. Large volumes. Additional postage may be required.

Summary: Rhemes and Doway: John Fogny and Laurence Kellam, 1582 and 1610. 4to (8.25 x 6.25 in). A complete Douai Old Testament and Rheims New Testament Bible in contemporary calf. The first edition of the Roman Catholic Bible in English in near-matching bindings with arguments and annotations.
Description: Text in single column Roman font with 41 lines to the column. Annotations follow each chapter of Bible text. NT: Fifteen preliminary leaves with title within narrow frame (1582). OT Volume 1: Ten preliminary leaves with title within narrow frame (1609). OT Volume 2: Title within narrow frame (1610), followed by Approbatio on verso. Ends with An historical table of the times… of the Old Testament (24 pp.), A particular table of the most principal thinges… (27 pp.), Censura, Errata.
Collation: a-c^4, d^2, A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4, 5A-5D^4, 5E^2 (NT); [cross]^6, [cross][cross]^4, A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4, 5A-5Z^4, 6A-6S^4, 6T^6 (OT Volume 1); A-Z^4, 2A-2Z^4, 3A-3Z^4, 4A-4Z^4,… Read More

New York: M. M. Noah & A. S. Gould, 1840. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thought to be the first U.S. edition - this copy rebacked with tipped on title to spine and with new endpapers, in original trade cloth. Four pages of advertisements, xxiv pages of Prefaces, 288 pages of text. Minor water stain to margins of last few pages without loss of text. Uncommon. The Book of Jasher; Referred to in Joshua and Second Samuel. Faithfully Translated from the Original Hebrew into English and this is thought to be the first U.S. Edition.