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... Philadelphia , who are at the head of the largest type establishment in the United States . In 1763 Christopher Saur printed the second edition of the German Bible . It is a quarto , and resembles the first edition in its general ...
... Philadelphia , who are at the head of the largest type establishment in the United States . In 1763 Christopher Saur printed the second edition of the German Bible . It is a quarto , and resembles the first edition in its general ...
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... Philadelphia still bearing the name of Saur can point back to an honorable record extending over one hundred and fifty years . There were but three issues of the Saur Bibles , but a number of editions of the New Testa- ment in German ...
... Philadelphia still bearing the name of Saur can point back to an honorable record extending over one hundred and fifty years . There were but three issues of the Saur Bibles , but a number of editions of the New Testa- ment in German ...
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... PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND SOLD BY R. AITKEN , AT Pore's HEAD , THREE DOORS ABOVE THE COFFEE HOUSE , IN MARKET STREET . M. DCC.LXXXII . Fac - simile of the title page of the Aitken Bible , 1792. Exact size . hundred Bibles in quarto ...
... PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED AND SOLD BY R. AITKEN , AT Pore's HEAD , THREE DOORS ABOVE THE COFFEE HOUSE , IN MARKET STREET . M. DCC.LXXXII . Fac - simile of the title page of the Aitken Bible , 1792. Exact size . hundred Bibles in quarto ...
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... PHILADELPHIA , July 6 , 1844 . DEAR SIR , -I send you herewith the copy of the Bible published in this city in 1782 by Robert Aitken , which you may be assured I part with , with great regret , as well be- cause it was presented by the ...
... PHILADELPHIA , July 6 , 1844 . DEAR SIR , -I send you herewith the copy of the Bible published in this city in 1782 by Robert Aitken , which you may be assured I part with , with great regret , as well be- cause it was presented by the ...
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... Philadelphia as a bookseller . In 1771 he added bookbinding to his business , hav- ing learned that art in Edinburgh . Later , in 1774 , he became a publisher . The war of the colonies with Great Britain interrupted com- merce , and ...
... Philadelphia as a bookseller . In 1771 he added bookbinding to his business , hav- ing learned that art in Edinburgh . Later , in 1774 , he became a publisher . The war of the colonies with Great Britain interrupted com- merce , and ...
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Aitken Bible American Antiquarian Society American Bible Andover Theological Seminary Apocrypha Appendix Bible printed Bodleian Library Boston Athenæum C. F. Gunther Cambridge Christians College COMPARED AND REVISED Conn CONTAINING THE OLD dedication Eliot Bible Eliot New Testament English title-page folio follows FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY Germantown Greek Testament Harvard hath High German language Historical Society History HOLY BIBLE Holy Scriptures Honour immerse imprint Indian language Isaiah Thomas issued JESUS CHRIST John Eliot King land late Lenox Library lish LL.D Lord Luther Majesty Mass ment ness O'Callaghan Old Testament Penn Peshito Philadelphia preface presented PRINTED AND SOLD printed in America printer publication published quarto Robert Boyle Royal Library Samuel Green Saur Bible says second edition subscribers Syriac Testa Testament of 1661 Thomas Bible tion title-page reads tongue TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED United Colonies University unto volumes Wernigerode Worcester words York
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Page 105 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth? a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Page 104 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 105 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 130 - Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John bare record, saying I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
Page 130 - After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in /Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Page 5 - AT THE CHARGE, AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CORPORATION IN ENGLAND FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONGST THE INDIANS IN NEW-ENGLAND.
Page 9 - Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language and ordered to be printed by the Commissioners of the United Colonies in New England, at the charge, and with the consent of the Corporation in England for the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New England.
Page 115 - THE GREEK TESTAMENT, with English Notes, Critical, Philological, and Exegetical, partly selected and arranged from the best Commentators, ancient and modern, but chiefly original ; the whole being...
Page 152 - Natives, hath been Established and Encouraged (whose Labour of Love, Care, and Faithfulness in that Trust, must ever be remembred with Honour.) Yea, when private persons, for their private Ends, have of late sought Advantages to deprive the said Corporation of Half the Possessions that had been, by Liberal Contributions, obtained for so Religious Ends ; We understand, That by an Honourable and Righteous Decision in Your Majesties Court of Chancery, their Hopes have been defeated, and the Thing Settled...
Page 56 - Majesty," in order to prevent a prosecution from those in England and Scotland, who published the Bible by a patent from the crown ; or, Cum privilegio, as did the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge. When I was an apprentice, I often heard those who had assisted at the case and press in printing this Bible, make mention of the fact. The late governor Hancock was related to Henchman, and knew the particulars of the transaction.