The Isaac Collins Bible. 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 Collins, Isaac (Ed.)
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Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Isaac Collins Publisher, Trenton, NJ 1791. First Edition. 1st Printing. Unpaginated pages. Old Testament. Apocrypha. New Testament. Index to the Holy Bible (25 pages). Table of Time (1 pg.). Scripture Measures, Weights and Coins (4 pg.). Kindred and Affinity Forbidden in Scripture and Laws to Marry together (1 pg.). A Brief Concordance to the Whole Bible, Perused and Enlarged by John Downame (82 pg., 1790). Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Full leather binding is covered in a Black Cloth tarp glued under the boards, serving to protect the book, which seems to be in its Original Very Good condition. Page browning on approx. 10 preliminary pages and 10 ending pages of text. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. The Isaac Collins Bible was the first Bible printed in New Jersey and was considered one of the most typographically accurate Bibles of its day, the second quarto King James Bible printed in America, the best known product of the eighteenth century New Jersey press. Isaac Collins, a Quaker, a printer and bookseller, commissioned a series of committees led by John Witherspoon to correct his proof sheets in order to ensure the text was error free. Published shortly after the American Revolution, this copy includes Witherspoon's address 'To the Reader,' instead of the traditional dedication to King James, as in other King James Bibles. Due to its size, some historians also consider it one of the earliest American family Bibles. This 1791 Collins Bible is the first English language Bible printed in America that was also offered publically for sale in America. Isaac Collins, In order to comply with the varying sentiments regarding the inclusion of the Apocrypha and marginal commentary, Collins provided subscribers to this edition the choice of including or excluding them in their personal copies. Religion::Bible Study Religion::Christian Pre-1910 RBR29
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- The Isaac Collins Bible. The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New Testaments, Translated Out Of The Original Tongues: And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised
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- Collins, Isaac (Ed.)
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