The Holy Bible
Subtitle: containing the Old and New Testaments: with the Apocrypha
By: Translated out of the original tongures, 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. ; Vol. I[-II]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 23186
Publisher: by Isaiah Thomas. Sold by him in Worcester; and by him and Company, at Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, Boston.
Published: 1791
Place of publication: United States of America. Printed at the press in Worcester, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Work titles: Bible English Authorized 1791
Notes: The New Testament (p. [787]-991) has separate title page.

Signatures: v. 1, pi² A-5T²; v. 2, chi1 5U-11N². Twenty-four letter alphabet (A-I K-U W X-Z) used throughout. Gatherings of the third and subsequent alphabets are numbered consecutively: 49A, 50B ... 253N.

Vol. 1: [4], 460 p., XXVI leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 461-1012 p., XXVII-L leaves of plates. Some copies bound in 1 v., the title page to v. 2 being omitted.

Printed in two columns. Plates engraved by J. Norman, J.H. Seymour, S. Hill, and A. Doolittle.

The catchword "An" appears at foot of p. 1012, apparently indicating an abandoned intention to include "An alphabetical table of the proper names ..." found in the quarto edition printed by Thomas in the same year.

"Directions to the binder for placing the plates"--v. 1, p. [3], 1st count.

Evans 23186

Hills, M.T. Engl. Bible in Amer., 29