Boston Isaiah Thomas Standing Bible 1806 OT 1805 NT Rare J T Buckingham Print

Description: The "standing Bible" of Isaiah Thomas, historically known as the "United States of Columbia Bible" was first printed in 1797 (Hill's number 57) Isaiah Thomas was and is the most historic early American printer and was a Minuteman in the Revolutionary War. The Bible we are offering for sale is a very desirable historic "School Bible/Standing Bible". The LAST Long S font Bible in America was printed from THIS Thomas "standing type" that was purchased by Greenough and Stebbins in 1809, when Isaiah Thomas needed to acquire $3,000 in Gold to keep his businesses upright. JT Buckingham printed some of Thomas's School Bibles from 1804-8. The final printing from this "standing type" was in 1826, by Greenough and Son, of said Bible there ONLY REMAINS ONE COMPLETE COPY "known" to be in holding worldwide!!! It can be viewed at The Museum of Printing in Haverhill Massachusetts. The 1806/05 Boston Isaiah Thomas Bible we are offering here is complete(it was printed by J T Buckingham). It is NOT listed in Hill's catalog of early American Bibles (she lists an 1805, #125. And she lists an 1806 #134) Both, as she describes, are from the same standing type, # 57, printed in 1797) It has both titles and is a very sound text block, with no pulled gatherings. As can be seen by the photos, the leather is very nice on both boards, the spine does have some scarring however, (please see photos) The pages are generally uniformly tanned commensurate with age. Both title pages are very nice(OT 1806 NT 1805) including the entire text block, with very minimal foxing or dog ears, there are no pulled gatherings. Please feel free to ask any other questions with regard to condition. We will be happy to answer them and supply photos as needed. A wonderful piece Bible printing history! Happy bidding!

Price: 489 USD

Location: Guernsey, Wyoming

End Time: 2024-10-31T02:49:26.000Z

Shipping Cost: 7 USD