The Holy Bible / translated from the Latin Vulgate: ; diligently compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and other editions, in divers languages; and first published by the English College at Doway, anno 1609. ; Newly revised, and corrected, according to the Clementine edition of the Scriptures. ; With annotations for elucidating the principal difficulties of Holy Writ. ; [One line in Latin from Isaiah].
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Carey, Stewart, and Co., M.DCC,XC. |
| Description | viii, 487 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 490 [i.e., 494] pages ; 27 cm (4to) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Uniform title | Bible. English. Douai 1790. |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21681. ^A478749 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22349. ^A478749 |
| General note | The first American edition of the Douai translation of the Vulgate Bible. According to Evans, the original plan of publication in weekly numbers was abandoned after a short time (Number 1 was issued Dec. 12, 1789) and the completed work finally published Dec. 1, 1790. |
| General note | Printed in two columns. Signed and paged as two volumes, but bound in a single volume, without separate title page to v. 2. The New Testament begins on p. 281, 2nd count. |
| General note | Four additional pages (gathering (4B)*), numbered *(281)-(284)* inserted after p. 280, 2nd count. |
| General note | Errors in paging: p. 39. 474, 1st count, misnumbered 29, 374; p. 239, 295, 354-355, 2nd count, misnumbered 236, 293, 355, 354. |
| References | Evans 21681 |
| References | Evans 22349 |
| References | Hills, M.T. Engl. Bible in Amer., 23 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21681). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22349). |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |