A Complete History of the Bible, as Contained in the Old and New Testaments, Including also the Occurrences of Four Hundred Years, from the Last of th

A Complete History of the Bible, as Contained in the Old and New Testaments, Including also the Occurrences of Four Hundred Years, from the Last of the Prophets to the Birth of Christ, and the Life of Our Blessed Saviour and His Apostles &c. With copious notes, critical and explanatory, practical and devotional.

Author	Rev. George Burder
Publisher	Philadelphia: W.W. Woodward, 1807
Edition
Weight	750 gram
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Keywords	Bible, Bijbel, Old Testament, New Testament, Oude Testament, Nieuwe Testament , Near East
Booknumber	21642
Category's	Old & Rare (19th Century) Mental Sciences (Theology & Religion) Mental Sciences (Judaica) History & Archaeology (Southwest Asia) History & Archaeology (Church history)
8-vo (13,5 x 21,5 cm). Pp. xvi, 13 - 572. Full calf, spine with gilt-lettered title-shield on maroon background. Reworking/improvement of the text of the Rev. Laurence Howell (A Compleat History of the Holy Bible, London, 1716), by the Rev. George Burder, with considerable additions and improvements ("... for Mr Howel's style was frequently negligent, and required some improvement to render it agreeable to modern and intelligent readers"......) . Burder (1752-1832), was one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Religious Tract Society and a man of great influence. He was also secretary to the London Missionary Society. The work was also published in London and William W. Woodward, one of the pioneering Philadelphia publishers and printers, did publish this work undoubtedly in co�peration with his London colleague (see: Rosalind Remer :Printers and Men of Capital: Philadelphia Book Publishers in the New Republic , Univ Pennsylvania Press, 2000). Unfortunately only vol. 1 present. Covers somewhat worn, french title with tear and frontal flyleaf wanting, a few stains inside, but altogether sound binding and a very good copy.
Prijs	� 85.00

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