The self-interpreting Bible : with an evangelical commentary / by the late Revd. John Brown, minister of the Gospel at Paddington ; embellished with elegant engravings.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, John, 1722-1787, writer of commentary.

Walker, Samuel A. III, publisher, printer.

Cornish, Orlando B., bookseller.

Vicary, Henry, bookseller.

Standardized Title:

Bible. English. Authorized. 1820.

Language:

English

Genre:

Parts (Publishing)

Physical Description:

160 parts (li, [1], 1222 pages, [40+] leaves of plates) : illustrations ; 49 cm

Place of Publication:

New York: : Printed & published by S. Walker, 148 Cherry Street, 1820.

Notes:

Cataloged from imperfect copy: parts 27-28 and 61-62 only. "No. 1 has cover title: No. 1. New York edition. Now publishing, and complete in 160 numbers, embellished with nearly fifty engravings, a new and superb edition of Brown's Self-interpreting Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, to which are annexed an extensive introduction, the marginal references, and illustrations ... New York: Printed and published by S. Walker, no. 148, Cherry Street. Sold also by O.B. Cornish, Philadelphia; and H. Vicary, Baltimore. 1820."--American Antiquarian Society general catalog record no. 464013. Title, statement of responsibility, imprint and pagination from Hills, corrected with reference to University of Michigan copy of this edition.

"Engraved title page signed: Engraved by J. Palmer Alby. from an original painting by B. West Esqr."--American Antiquarian Society general catalog record no. 464013.

Text primarily printed in double columns separated by a double rule with footnotes for each column beneath a single rule; running head within double-ruled borders.

"T. Kinnersley published the Self Interpreting Bible with London imprint in 1816 (first printed 1814) and it was also stereotyped and printed with the same pagination (NNAB). It would seem that ... the Walker editions of 1820 and 1822 may be made up of imported sheets or else were printed from imported plates."--M.T. Hills, English Bible in America, no. 433.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy imperfect: numbers 27-28 (including 1 plate, "Christ Bearing the Cross") and 61-62 (including 1 plate, "The Plague of Blood") only.

Kislak Center copy: numbers 27-27 bound together in brown paper wrappers (front wrapper torn) with stamp ("B. 27 & 8") on front wrapper; numbers 60-61 bound together in brown paper wrappers with stamp ("B. 61 & 2") on front wrapper.

Cited in:

Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, 447

Hills, M.T. English Bible in America, 394

OCLC:

1263690327