The Holy Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate: diligently compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and other editions, in divers languages; and first published by the English College at Doway, anno 1609. Newly revised, and corrected, according to the Clementine edition of the Scriptures. With annotations for elucidating the principal difficulties of Holy Writ. [One line in Latin from Isaiah]

Format:

Book

Standardized Title:

Bible. English. Douai 62867

Language:

English

Physical Description:

viii, 487, [1], 490 [i.e., 494] p. ; 4°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Carey, Stewart, and Co, M.DCC,XC.

Notes:

The first American edition of the Douai translation of the Vulgate Bible. According to Evans, the original plan of publication in weekly numbers was abandoned after a short time (Number 1 was issued Dec. 12, 1789) and the completed work finally published Dec. 1, 1790.

Printed in two columns. Signed and paged as two volumes, but bound in a single volume, without separate title page to v. 2. The New Testament begins on p. 281, 2nd count.

Four additional pages (gathering (4B)*), numbered *(281)-(284)* inserted after p. 280, 2nd count.

Errors in paging: p. 39. 474, 1st count, misnumbered 29, 374; p. 239, 295, 354-355, 2nd count, misnumbered 236, 293, 355, 354.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 21681; Evans 22349; Hills, M.T. Engl. Bible in Amer., 23