The Holy Bible: Containing The Old And New Testaments: Together With The Apocrypha... with Marginal Notes and References. to Which Are Added, an Index; an Alphabetical Table of all the Names... with Their Significations; and Tables of Scripture Weights, Measures, and Coins.
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- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Windsor, VT: Merrifield & Cochran. 1812. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. The base of the spine lacks a triangle of leather two inches high at the center, top four inches of rear hinge cracked, also three inches to the top and two inches at bottom of front hinge, bottom outside corner show damp stain across bottom edge of first ten leaves, lacks end-papers, only minor toning and several small tears, the text-block is tight and the boards are only beginning to show at three corners. ; 4to ; Original leather, 964, [28]p., the issue without the 8 plates and map. ** Hills #209. McCorison #1366. American Imprint #24829, the first Vermont bible. Inscribed "Masonic Bible of the North Star Lodge No. 8, Lancaster N.H. June 24th A.M. 5842(?) (1812 added in pencil), Presented to John Savage for his Masonic Conduct for the last twenty six years. A. Going(?), Secretary." on the first blank leaf. There are also two pages of manuscript Savage family records. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3707
- Title
- The Holy Bible: Containing The Old And New Testaments: Together With The Apocrypha... with Marginal Notes and References. to Which Are Added, an Index; an Alphabetical Table of all the Names... with Their Significations; and Tables of Scripture Weights, Measures, and Coins.
- Author
- Bible
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Merrifield & Cochran
- Place of Publication
- Windsor, VT
- Date Published
- 1812
- Keywords
- American Imprint, Bible, Religion, Vermont, American Church History, Masonic, Provenance, Freemasonry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bible;
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
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