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Printed and Published by M. Carey & Son, 1812. Hardcover. Acceptable. Janney Family Bible (Bucks Co. PA). Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1812. Thick quarto. Bound in contemporary full leather. 6 spine compartments. Cover wear. Front board detached. 25 plates called for. 2 fold out maps. Scattered spotting / browning (pressed flower stains).The first page of genesis has a tear, which has been hand-sewn by a delicate hand. [4], 834, [2], [835]-1080, 62, 40 pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 28 cm. The Family record (leaves [677-680]) give marriage, birth, death records starting 1792 for Jacob Janney (son of Richard and Sarah Janney) and Francis Briggs (daughter of John and Letitia Briggs). Later records include Thomas Janney and Mary Kimber. Records are very extensive and in an exceptionally clear hand. The last death records are for Mary C. Janney (1896) and Anna M. Bergner, wife of Otto Bergner and daughter of Thomas & Mary K. Janney (1904). Most of… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed and Published by M. Carey & Son, 1818. Leather Bound. Very Good. 9 x 10 1/2 inches. [4] + 1-834 (OT) + [829-34] (family register) + 835-1080 (NT and index). With 11 full page engravings. Printed in two column Roman type. Pages 569-70 lacking. Slight loss to 855-56. Significant loss to 911-12. Four pages of family records include Asher Mott Howell (1791-1853). Hills #345. Bound with: Brown, John. A Brief Concordance to the Holy Scriptures. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Mathew Carey & Son, 1818. 72 numbered pages. Pages 67-70 lacking. A few pages toned or stained. Bound in contemporary full maroon straight grained morocco with gilt rolled borders and gilt title and decorations to spine. Hinges weak. Covers scuffed and worn at edges. The Asher Mott Howell Family Bible: Asher Mott Howell (1791-1853) was a relative of abolitionist Lucretia Coffin Mott, and the subject of a portrait by American painter Jacob Eichholtz currently on loan to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1802. Leather Bound. Very Good +. C. Tiebout. 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. 4to. 913 (Bible) + [40] (index and appendix) + 118 (Concordance) + [1] pages. Bible with 30 engraved plates and maps. Folding maps intact, including the larger item, Journeyings of the Children of Israel. Each Testament has a separate title page, as does the Concordance. Index of plates on final leaf. Purchase statement at the end of the NT (p. 913), is completed in ink, "Humphrey Pratt/1804." There are three sets of Family Records, one after each Testament and 4 pages before the NT, providing genealogical information on the Pratt family of Saybrook, CT. Foxing and toning throughout and minor edge wear to a few pages. From the library of Samuel Hart, of Old Saybrook, CT. Hills 88. O'Callaghan 63p. Bound in contemporary full brown calf which has evidence of heat damage to the covers. Professionally rebacked to style with red spine label. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a… Read More