Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments...

1791. BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1791. 4to. [1316] p. Contemporary blind-paneled sheep, very neatly rebacked retaining all original spine covering but the new leather (visible over the cords and along the hinges) is a lighter-colored leather than the original and should be stained darker to match. With several leaves of contemporary family records of Benjamin and Ann Hamton / Hampton (b. 1728/1726) and their descendents for several generations. A nice tight copy. The "Collins Bible"--the first Bible printed in New Jersey, the second quarto King James Bible printed in America, and the best known product of the eighteenth-century New Jersey press. For a lengthy and highly detailed account of the printing, binding, promotion, publication, and distribution of the Collins Bible, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800, 578. This copy contains the Apocrypha and, like all copies, John Downame's concordance at the end. Evans 22472, 23184, 23656; Hills 31; ESTC W4498, W4517, W27796, W28443, W36125.