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The American Bible: Portfolio III

Original Leaves from the Bible in English from the Nineteenth Century

"Original leaves from rare and historic Bibles printed in the colonies and the United States of American during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries..."

Portfolio III:
1. The first translation of the Septuagint Bible into English, by Charles Thomson. 1808
2. The first pronouncing Bible printed in America, edited by Israel Alger. 1825
3. The first American edition of the English text from Bagster's polyglot Bible of 1822. 1831
4. Noah Webster's modernization of the Bible in English. 1833
5. The first American edition of Tyndale's English translation of the New Testament. 1837
6. The first Bible printed in America for the blind, under the direction of Samuel G. Howe, M.D. 1842
7. The most lavishly illustrated American Bible, with drawings by J.G. Chapman
8. The 'fonetik' New Testament, set in Comstock's 'purfect alfabet'. 1848
9. The first New Testament printed in Georgia. 1862
10. The first Bible translated by a woman, Julia Smith. 1876

1808-1876 AD

1993 AD

Various creators

Michael Zinman

Various Publishers

Arion Press, San Francisco under the supervision of Andrew Hoyem

Haydn Foundation for the Cultural Arts

North America

19th Century

Print

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Leaves from Bibles

The American Bible: Original Leaves from Rare and Historical Bibles Printed in the Colonies and the United States of America during the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries. Portfolio III: Original Leaves from the Bible in English from the Nineteenth Century. Portfolio 3. 4 Portfolios. San Francisco: Andrew Hoyem & Michael Zinman, 1993.