The Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments: Translated out of The Original Tongues and With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised

Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick quarto. 1130, [8] family records, 382pp. Text in two columns with references in the center. Full dark leather, both boards decoratively stamped in black, the spine has raised bands creating six compartments each with a device and decorative border stamped in black save for the second from the top which has a simpler border stamped in black and "Holy Bible" stamped in gilt, all page edges gilt, brown endpapers, and a metal clasp with "James Freeman" elegantly etched upon its surface. Boards are worn, spine is worn along the edges and raised bands, the foot of the spine is splitting where it meets the rear board, the paper along the gutters is split but the hinges remain sound, light offsetting and scattered foxing throughout, still very good with the binding sound and the clasp still perfectly functional. The family records pages have been left blank. The additions are index of subject, The Harmony of The Four Evangelists, and tables of measures, weights, and coins. This exact edition is not found in Hills' *The English Bible in America*, but it differs from entry 1570 in only two ways, 1) This edition does not have "Printed from Stereo-Copper Plates" printed on the title page, and 2) Instead of "The Harmony of the Four Evangelists," this section is titled "Harmony of the Four Gospels" in the Hills entry, thus our date of circa 1855.