Description
The / Holy Bible, / Containing the / Old and New Testaments: / Translated out of / The Original Tongues, / and with / The Former Translations Diligently Compared / and Revised. / New York: / Stereotyped and Printed by D. & G. Bruce, / No. 27 William-street. / 1815. This is the first Bible printed from stereotype plates cast in the United States. A more common previous stereotyped edition printed in 1812 had an American imprint, but was from stereotype plates cast in England. This edition was published by pioneering Scottish immigrant, David Bruce, who traveled to England to learn about the stereotype process and introduced several improvements. Original full blind-tooled leather with signs of wear but in overall good condition with covers holding firmly. Duodecimo (7" x 4") volume with hinges, head and tail caps intact. Textblock even with no pulled sections. Two preliminary blanks with inked inscriptions. No rear endpaper. Interior considerably browned with age. Title page and verso of NT title have ink scribbles. One leaf (Z2; pp.531-2) torn with loss of lower fourth; final NT Tables page lacking. All other leaves intact. Herbert 1614; Hills 279; O’Callaghan p. 125, No. 8. A rare historic find.
MundosFI32ec
Just as seller described it, in very good condition for an 1833 first edition. Inscribed as a gift in1856 and, by the looks of it, read exactly once, the only evidence of having been read at all being the few pages that had been turned down and back again so long ago as to be hardly perceptible. Seller described book carefully, confirmed purchase immediately, packaged the book very carefully, and shipped it quickly. Great seller!
RinTaku Rif3
A wonderful seller, quick delivery considering they’ve come from America to over the pond here in the U.K. superb packaging which I’m really grateful for! As described and great value. These are absolutely lovely. This was the first time I’ve bought from this seller but I’ll absolutely be buying more from them soon. Great communication too. I love these! Thanks for everything. Highly recommended seller!
Niels Bergsma
Superb seller: reasonable pricing on product and shipping; excellent communication; great care taken in packaging the product and received in excellent condition. Will very happily do business with again. Gets an A+!