The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testament

by Bible in English

$950 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

Text in two columns. 816 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece, minor staining. Minor foxing, early owner's inscription on the endpaper. Shaw 16998; Hills 168; O'Callaghan 1809.6. Item #375196 First edition of the first Bible printed in Connecticut. An October 18, 1809 advertisement in the Connecticut Courant reads: Hudson and Goodwin have the satisfaction to announce to the public that they have this day completed

• Binding: Leather

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