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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised.

Accession number
PML 152798
Published
New York : American Bible Society, instituted in the year MDCCCXVI, 1870.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Edition statement from p. 3.
"[Sm. Pica Ref., Royal 8vo.]"--t.p.
Printed in two columns.
With added t.p.: The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: translated out of the original Greek; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. New York: American Bible Society, 1870. [Sm. Pica Ref., Royal 8vo.]
"Family record" on four additional unnumbered pages between the Old and New Testaments, including dates of births, marriages, and deaths of the Wightman family members between 1801 and 1901.
Family Bible owned by Stillman King Wightman, Julia Wightman's great grandfather.
Laid in, one sheet: a birds eye view of the Holy Land, copyright 1881, A.J. Marks, del. and pub., 88 Warren St., N.Y.
Description
1008 p., [4], 312 p. ; 26.5 x 19.5 cm
Provenance
Stillman King Wightman; from the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full blind-stamped black leather with initials S.[tillman]K.[ing]W.[ightman] stamped in gold on upper cover; in modern slipcase covered with black and white decorated paper.
Classification
Department