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844,837-964,[28]pp. plus folding map and eight engraved plates. Old and New Testaments with separate titlepages. Thick quarto. Contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt burgundy morocco label. Moderate wear and spotting to boards, corners bumped, spine rubbed, right edge of spine label chipped. Light foxing and toning throughout, occasional light tidelines (no text affected), a few stray pen marks. Map expertly conserved, with a long vertical tear mended, and with a slight bit of loss in the lower edge, just coming across the neat line. Titlepage creased and chipped. Two-inch closed tear to lower margin of leaf X1 (no loss of text, possibly a paper flaw), one- inch closed tear to right margin of leaf AAAAAA3 (no text affected), long closed tear to middle of leaf FFF2 (neatly repaired, no loss of text), New Testament titlepage torn, with some paper loss, but no loss of text (filled with archival paper), two-inch closed tear to right margin of leaf CCCCC2 (no loss of text). MMMMM gathering repeated. A good, unsophisticated copy. The first Bible printed in Vermont, illustrated with eight plates and a map. Copies with the map and full complement of plates are most uncommon. Printed by John Cunningham and published in Windsor by Merrifield and Cochran, who sold the volume both wholesale and retail "at the sign of the Bible," the edition was also to be sold in Worcester, Boston, Walpole, and Middlebury. The eight plates, produced in a simple style (O'Callaghan describes them as "exceedingly coarse"), were engraved specifically for this edition and all are labelled as belonging to the first Vermont edition. They include: "Elijah Raising the Widow's Son," "The Holy Family," "St. Matthew," "St. Mark," "Jesus of Nazareth, Which was Crucified: He is Risen; He is Not Here," "St. Luke," "St. John the Evangelist," and "St. Paul." Seven were engraved by Isaac Eddy (1777-1847) of Weathersfield, Vermont, and one by James Hill ("Jesus of Nazareth"). O'Callaghan and Hills call for seven plates total (six by Eddy and one by Hill), but McCorison calls for eight as found here. The anonymous "A Map of Palestine Describing the Travels of Jesus Christ" is not called for in any of the bibliographies cited. However, according to a notice in the Windsor newspaper THE WASHINGTONIAN, dated August 31, 1812, Merrifield & Cochran published three versions of this Bible: without plates ($5.00), with eight plates ($5.50), or with eight plates and map ($5.75). Contents following the New Testament include: "Family Record" (blank four-page form); "A Clergyman's Address to Married Persons at the Altar"; "Chronological Index of the Years and Times from Adam unto Christ"; "Summary History of the Bible"; "An Index to the Holy Bible"; "An Alphabetical Table of the Proper Names in the Old and New Testaments, together with the Meaning or Signification of these Words in their Original Languages"; "Table of Weights and Measures Mentioned in Scripture"; "Table of Money"; "A Table of Kindred and Affinity, Wherein Whosoever are Related are Forbidden in Scripture, and by our Laws, to Marry Together"; and "A Table of Time." A good copy of the first Bible printed in Vermont, complete with illustrations produced by local artists and a map not found in all copies. McCORISON 1366. HILLS 209. O'CALLAGHAN 1812.2. HERBERT 1559. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM55222
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