Mathew Cary KJV Bible, 1812
The Holy bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha. Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By the Special Command of His Majesty King James I. of England. With Marginal Notes and References. To Which are added. An Index; An Alphabetical Table of All the Names in the Old and New Testaments, with Their Significations; and Tables of Scripture Weights, Measures, and Coins. Embellished with Twenty-Five Engravings. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Mathew Carey No. 129, Market-Street. 1812.
OT title page reads: The Old Testament. Translated out of the Original Hebrew, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Together with the Apocrypha. By the Special Command of King James I. of England. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Mathew Carey No. 129, Market-Street. 1812.
NT title page reads: The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Original Greek; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Together with the Apocrypha. By the Special Command of King James I. of England. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Mathew Carey No. 129, Market-Street. [107] 1812.
One leaf of tables, and two leaves of family records between OT and Apocrypha. One map between Apocrypha and NT title page. Several maps and tables. One folding map of the Exodus, given in an oblique birds-eye view.
Original full brown leather with scuffs and scrapes. Bumped/split corners. Joints/hinges cracked but boards still attached. Raised bands and red title label on spine. Losses at head and tail of spine. Toned and foxed. Folding map as splits along folds but still holding together. Rfep torn. Loss of portion of rear paste down.
1080 pages.