The Holy Bible
Subtitle: containing the Old and New Testaments: with the Apocrypha. Translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by the special command of King James I, of England. With an index. Appointed to be read in churches ... United States of America
By: Printed at the press in Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas. Sold by him in Worcester: and by him and company, at Faust's statue, no. 45
Published: 1791
Place of publication: Newbury street, Boston
Language: eng
Translated from: und
Work titles: Bible English Authorized 1791
Notes: Paged continuously.

This issue is on paper with a crown watermark; another issue is on unwatermarked paper. Also issued in 1 v.

New Testament has special t.-p.

Engravings by Samuel Hill, J.H. Seymour, John Norman & Amos Doolittle.

At the foot of p. 1012 is the catchword "AN"; the 4⁰ ed. has appended "An alphabetical table of the proper names ...", which may originally have been intended for inclusion in the folio ed. also; however, no known copy of this ed. contains material beyond p. 1012.

Mounted on the inside front cover of each vol. is a printed bookplate reading: This book, being one of the first edition of the folio Bible printed in America, is the gift of the printer, Isaiah Thomas, to Harvard college.

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