The Holy Bible
Subtitle: containing the Old and New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha, translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations, diligently compared and revised
Contributors: Thompson, John
Publisher: Printed for John Thompson & Abraham Small
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Other titles: Bible. Apocrypha. English. Authorized. 1798.
Work titles: Bible. English. Authorized. 1798
Notes: Rare Book copy 2: Family Bible of Andrew Brown and son Edward, with manuscript entries at front.

The King James Version.

Includes the O.T. Apocrypha.

Cf. Evans 30066 and 33408." ... The first hot-press edition of the Bible printed in America."--The English Bible in America, by M.T. Hills, p. 12-13; with list of subscribers. Slight differences in collation.

Text ends on 3 Q 2 b.

Text printed in double column, verse form, verse no. indented in matching type. Title centered at top of page. Short chapter summaries in small caps. Chronology at corners at top. The Apocrypha printed in italics. Water and mold stains on all ABS copies.

V. 1 includes: "The names and order of the books ... "; Genesis-Psalms; v. 2: Proverbs-Malachi; Apocrypha; N.T.; "An Index to the Holy Bible"; "Tables of Scriptures ..."

Includes topical index.

Herbert, 1425

BM, 3053. k. 4