The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha,,,

BIBLE. ENGLISH. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha.... New-Brunswick: Published by William Elliot and Robert Eastburn, 1809. 4to. 1 vol. in 2. [4], 676, [681]-834, [829-834], [2], [835]-1048, [unnumbered notes], 72, [1049]-1080 p. Engraved two-page frontispiece map of Palestine by William Harrison Jun. Contemporary sheep, red morocco spine labels. Red morocco ownership label of Azariah Willes, M.D., on front cover of first volume. Three pages of ms. family records of Azariah Willes, M.D., b. Tolland, Conn., 1771, and members of the Edgerton family of Conn. and N.Y. Covers worn at the extremities, front hinges weak, else a very respectable copy of a very scarce New Jersey Bible.

The rare Elliot & Eastburn New Brunswick quarto Bible, and the first copy we have ever offered for sale. The Old Testament imprint reads "New-Brunswick: Published by William Elliot, 1809"; the New Testament imprint reads "New-Brunswick: Published by William Elliot and Robert Eastburn, 1809." For a detailed study of the printing and publishing of this Bible and the sometimes strained relationship between Elliot, Eastburn, and Philadelphia printer Mathew Carey, see Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1694-1900, 101. S&S 16999, 17006; Hills, English Bible in America, 164.