Description: [Early Americana] KING JAMES BIBLE First Bible Printed in theState of New Hampshire With Early American Provenance Walpole, N.H. 1815 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 The Special Command Of King James I Of England. Anson Whipple, Walpole, N.H. 1815. First Edition. Large Octavo (App. 8.75 x 5.75 in). Original early American binding. Five raised band with black lapel and title in gilt. Complete (959 pp.) First Bible Printed in the State of New Hampshire. Printing in New Hampshire began some year earlier, but this was the first complete Bible. Anson Whipple was the son-in-law of pioneering American printer Isaiah Thomas and used Thomas's press for this Bible. The typesetting and printing took five years to accomplish and the press run was reportedly 8000 copies. Contains contemporary records of the Jackson family in manuscript, with the earliest handwritten notation dating 1831. Less than twenty copies found on WorldCat. Uncommon in this condition. _____________________________________ Items listed on eBay are merely representative of our broader inventory. We specialize in early printed Bibles in English, with a particular focus on first editions and other significant printings. Our stock includes a wide range of Tyndale New Testaments, as well as first editions of the Coverdale Bible (1535), the Matthews Bible (1537), the Great Bible (1539), the Geneva Bible (1560), the Bishops Bible (1568) and the King James Bible (1611). Please do not hesitate to enquire regarding other early printed books and manuscripts.
Price: 1250 USD
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: Walpole, New Hampshire
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Christianity, Bibles
Subject: Americana
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1815