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A new translation of the New Covenant or Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : from the original Greek, and with most former translations and commentaries diligently compared and revised / Peter P. Good, editor ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Z286.R4 G66 1851
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Bible. New Testament. English. Good. 1851. Prospectus.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Publication and distribution.
- Bible.
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Publishers and publishing--New Jersey--19th century.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Genre:
- Book prospectuses.
- Publishers' advertisements.
- Physical Description:
- [5], 10-12 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Elizabethtown, New Jersey : Published by the editor, 1851.
- Summary:
- Prospectus (including 4 sample pages from the gospel of Matthew) advertising Peter P. Good's edition of the New Testament in English, to be published in 12 montly numbers in 1851.
- Notes:
- "It is proposed to print the Whole Work in twelve monthly numbers or parts, in large octavo form, with new type; and on good paper, (similar to the specimen, a few pages herewith presented.) Each monthly publication to contain not less than thirty-two pages of letter-press, and the subscription for the whole, $1.50, invariably in advance. To Clbus, (under one address), Four Copies for $5."--Title leaf.
- "Monthly $1.50, in advance."--Title leaf.
- Title within border of double rules surrounded by elaborate 4-part floriate border containing three ovals, one at head ("Part [blank] [blank] cents.") and two at foot ("OFFICE OF THE Materia Medica Botanica." and "ELIZABETH-TOWN, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JRESEY.").
- Includes advertisement for "Good's Family flora, and Materia medica botanica: containing the botanical analysis, natural history, and chemical and medical properties and uses, of plants; illustrated by colored engravings of original drawings, by Peter P Good ..." on pages [3]-[4].
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy disbound.
- OCLC:
- 1280400612
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