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

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17473.

Standardized Title:

Bible. English. Authorized. 1782.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1452 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by R. Aitken, at Pope's Head, three doors above the coffee house, in Market Street., M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

The first complete English Bible printed in America and bearing an American imprint. Includes a resolution of Congress (pages [3-4]) "recommend[ing] this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States ..."

The New Testament has separate title page, dated 1781. Of the New Testament, earlier editions were issued by Aitken in 1777, 1778, and 1779.

Title vignette: arms of Pennsylvania.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 17473).

Cited in:

Evans 17473

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4184

Hills, M.T. Engl. Bible in Amer., 11

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