The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament: translated from the Greek. By Charles Thomson, Late Secretary to the Congress of the United States.

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Title The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament: translated from the Greek. By Charles Thomson, Late Secretary to the Congress of the United States.
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Signed Author By Charles Thomson, Late Secretary to the Congress of the United States.
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Self-published No
Volumes 4
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Date of Publication 1808
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Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1808
Imprint Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71, North Third Street.
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Copyright Statement District of Pennsylvania, to wit: Be it remembered, That on the twelfth day of September, in the thirty third year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1808. Charles Thomson and Ebenezer Hazard, of the said District, have deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament: translated from the Greek. By Charles Thomson, late Secretary to the Congress of the United States." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled "An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." D. Caldwell, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania.
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 23
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Notes Pages not numbered. AAS Notes: Copyright Sept. 12, 1808, by Charles Thomson and Ebenezer Hazard.
Each volume has the general title page followed by a separate title page specific to the volume.
Vol. 1: [512] p.; v. 2: [490] p.; v. 3: [444] p.; v. 4: [472] p. The last page of each volume is blank.
"Advertisement to the reader" and "Errata."--v. 3, p. [443].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Hills, M.T. English Bible in America,
Vol. 1-3. The Old Covenant; commonly called the Old Testament: translated from the Septuagint -- v. 4. The New Covenant, commonly called the New Testament: translated from the Greek.
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American Antiquarian Society Dated Books copy 1 the gift of Isaiah Thomas, 1819. Bound in gold tooled diced leather.
American Antiquarian Society Dated Books copy 2 lacks v. 1 and 4. Bound in gold tooled stained leather.
American Antiquarian Society Bindings Coll. copy the bequest of Michael Papantonio, 1978. Has label: John N. Campbell. Inscribed: Presented to John Nicholson Campbell and recommended to his serious perusal by his sincere welwisher Cha Thomson.
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. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament: translated from the Greek. By Charles Thomson, Late Secretary to the Congress of the United States.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20889, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20889. Accessed 2025-11-17. 

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