1798 BIBLE FIRST HOT PRESS EDITION LARGE FOLIO antique AMERICANA 18th cent. RARE

1798 Folio Bible, First Hot Press Edition

THE HOLY BIBLE

Philadelphia: for John Thompson and Abraham Small, 1798


2 volumes.

Folio: 16.5" x 10"

Without the list of Subscribers (one leaf) and blank, else complete with engraved frontis (bound at rear of first volume.)

Bound in 20th c. buckram.

Vol. 2 title page with dampstain, second leaf with missing lower part and sealed.

Toning, Foxing.

Rare

Text in English
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THE FIRST HOT PRESS EDITION OF THE BIBLE, and one of the largest Bibles printed in America at the time. It was originally issued in parts over two years. Herbert 1425; Evans 30066.
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Provenance: The Walter Wilson (1774-1846) family Bible, with one page of manuscript genealogies to blank preceding the NT title.
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