The Family Bible, Published by The American Tract Society, 150 Nassau-Street, New York, 1861

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Posted by Craig Nystrom
16 years ago
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Description This is a Family Bible handed down through generations, I received this upon my father's mother's passing.
Category Books and Manuscripts
Medium Leather Bound
Distinguishing marks Holy Land Map(s) Engd by D. Griffing Johnson, N. York; Jerusalem in the Time of Christ Map Drawn by J. Wells, N. Y.
Condition Fair
Size and dimensions of this item length 11" x width 7 7/8" x height 3"
Date Period 1861
Weight 5lbs
History Family Bible
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D. Avellano 🌱 Newbie 12 years ago

The Family Bible, 1861, American Tract Society, was passed down within my family as well. Just began search on it to catalog for insurance purposes.

Category:  Books and Manuscripts

Condition: Good

Medium/ Material:  Leather bound, gold edged pages

Distinguishing Marks:

Marginal references were from the English Polyglot Bible. Massachusetts Clergyman and social reformer (he was active in the Temperance and Sabbath Movements as well as the American Tract Society) Rev. Jonathan Edwards (1787-1853) wrote the notes and instructions for the Bible. The marginal Scripture references from the Polyglot Bible were included, as were Thomas Chevalier's "The Harmony and Perfection of the Holy Scriptures."

Holy Land Map (s) engd. by D. Griffing Johnson, New York;  Jerusalem in the Time of Christ map drawn by J. Wells, New York.

Period: 1861

Dimensions:  11" x  7-7/8" x 3"

Weight:  5 lbs. 

History:  Family Bible, passed down through Boston/Cape Cod family from 1860s.

Amount Paid: ?

Not for Sale.

 

 

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