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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments / translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command ; appointed to be read in churches.

Accession number
PML 152723
Published
Edinburgh : Printed by Mark and Charles Kerr, 1795-98.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Signatures: [A]⁸ B-2P⁸ 2Q⁵ [2nd]A-S⁴ [2Q]³ 2R-2Z⁸ 3A-3E⁸ 3F-3G⁴
Apocrypha has colophon dated 1798.
New Testament has special t.p. dated 1795, and is followed by index and tables.
Description
[896] p. ; 27 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Names of Cook and Weston family members and their dates inscribed on the verso of the title page; Wightman family members on the verso of the New Testament title page (Marsh and additional Wightman family information on loose leaves in different hands are laid in; with two printed leaves announcing the dedication of a Connecticut Baptist Meeting-House on July 27th, 1824, and the installation of Pastor Gustavus Fellowes Davis in Hartford, Conn., 1829). Some biblical passages marked in pencil throughout.
Provenance
A family bible from the Cook[e], Weston, Marsh, and Wightman families; by descent to Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary calf.
Classification
Department