AMER BIBLE 1816 /20/21 Families. Joshua Green, San(d)born, Hill families & pix
HERE IS A RARE 200+ YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN, AMERICAN, GENEALOGICAL TREASURE!!
We are offering you a rare unique item.
Specifically, this full leather bound book is:
1. extremely rare,
2. WorldCat does not locate any other known copies of this edition,
3. it is a significant genealogical item for the Green, Sanborn, Sandborn, Burdick, Hill families with a New Hampshire connection,
4. it is a rare book with maps and illustrations of this early National Period, and each point is elaborated on below.
There is a lot to explain.
First, the book itself is extremely rare. I have never seen another copy. And I repeat what my research showed, even the WorldCat does not report of anyone having a copy of this edition, especially with all the maps, plates and additional articles and books added.
Second, this book is so rare that the WorldCat does not show any copies held by any of their extensive collection of libraries and museums... none. Close to this 1816/1820/1821 edition, WorldCat shows only two copies which are known of an 1823 printing.
Third, the book would make a great addition to a family related to its original owner, Joshua T. Green. This could be a member of the Green family, or his wife's family, the Sanborn (Sandborn) family, or the Hill or Bucknam family. There are multiple other families related by marriage down through the years.
Fourth, and far from least, this copy of the Bible has many wonderful illustrations and maps, including some with early American engravers. Each plate or map is highly collectable on its own.
The book measures 11 by 10 inches. The book is 4 1/4 inches thick.
MAPS:
#1. Full Page (9 1/4 by 10 7/8 inches), Hand Colored, 42 Journies of the Children of Israel From Egypt Through The Wilderness to Canaan. 40 Yrs As Described, Numbers XXXIII. (between pp 146-147).
#2. Foldout Map (12 1/2 by 10 7/8 inches) hand colored, The Places Recorded in the Five Books of Moses, and an insert map (5 by 4 1/2 inches), hand colored, The Eastern Countries as Mentioned by Moses. (between pages 148-149).
#3. Full page (8 3/4 by 10 7/8 inches), A Map of Canaan, Palestine, Judea, or the Holy Land: As divided among the 12 Tribes.
#4. Foldout Map (17 1/2 by 10 7/8 inches), hand colored in outline. A Map of the Different Places mentioned in the New Testament With St. Paul's Voyages From Philippi to Tyre, and from Caesarea to Rome. This map had a separation along the fold which has been professionally repaired (between pp. 808-809).
CONTENTS:
Please, be aware that besides the usual age toning to the paper, there are occasional foxing spots to a number of pages. However, even more noticeable you will see that there is a good deal of offset, especially on pages opposite the illustrations. Also noticeable is that, on many pages, you can see that the oil from the printing ink has caused some added darkening to the paper. Overall, the pages, illustrations, maps, and text are easy to view and read. Let the photographs provided ne your guide on what to expect.
The Following Illustrations, Books and Articles Are Bound In This Volume. The listings are presented in the order in which they appear, from front to back, including the many engraved illustrative plates and maps.
1. Engraved Frontispiece and Title Page. The engraved title page states that this Old Testament is Printed For John Holbrook, at Brattleborough. This is dated 1816.
2. Traditional Title Page, stating that this is the Holbrook & Fessenden Stereotype Hot-Press Edition. It lists the various books bound into this volume. The place of publication is Brattleborough, VT. This title page is dated 1821.
3. “To The Reader” introduction to Bible translations. ( 2 pp)
4. “Account of the Dates or Time of Writing the Books of the New Testament. (2 pp)
5. PLATE ONE: THE CREATION. No Artist or Engraver Credit. Opposite page 9).
6. The first page of the Old Testament. (page 9 to 683).
7. PLATE TWO: MURDER PUNISHED. THE MURDER OF ABEL. A. Sacchi, artist credit; P. Maverick, engraver credit. Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661) was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. Peter Maverick (1780-1831) was a New York City engraver active in the early part of the 19th century. He is best known engraving several maps. (Opposite page 11).
8. PLATE THREE: TOWER OF BABEL. No artist or engraver credit. (Opposite page 16).
9. PLATE FOUR: GOD APPEARING TO MOSES. No artist or engraver credit. (Opposite page 52).
10. MAP ONE: Full Page (9 1/4 by 10 7/8 inches), Hand Colored, 42 Journies of the Children of Israel From Egypt Through The Wilderness to Canaan. 40 Yrs As Described, Numbers XXXIII. (between pp 146-147).
11. MAP TWO: Foldout Map (12 1/2 by 10 7/8 inches) hand colored, The Places Recorded in the Five Books of Moses, and an insert map (5 by 4 1/2 inches), hand colored, The Eastern Countries as Mentioned by Moses. (between pages 148-149). This map has numerous small edge tears and folds. At the fold, this map is about 75 percent separated.
12. MAP THREE: Full page (8 3/4 by 10 7/8 inches), A Map of Canaan, Palestine, Judea, or the Holy Land: As divided among the 12 Tribes.
13. PLATE FIVE: Sampson Killing The Lion. Exertions For A Wife. No artist or engraver credit. Opposite page 213.
14. PLATE SIX: The Call of Samuel. No artist credit. The engraver is Scoles. John Scoles (1775?-1844) was also well known for his engraved maps.
15. PLATE SEVEN: The Temple of Jerusalem. No artist or engraver credit. Opposite page 278.
16. PLATE EIGHT: Solomon’s Glory. Sheffierson, dct ? No engraver credit. Opposite page 354.
17. PLATE NINE: Divine Protection. No artist or engraver credit. Opposite page 457.
18. PLATE TEN: The Dying Saint. Shepperson, del. I. P. Charley, Sc. Opposite page 486.
19. PLATE ELEVEN: Disobedience Punish’d. I. Chorley, Sc. Opposite page 662.
20. FOUR BLANK PAGES FOR FAMILY RECORDS.
21. APOCRYPHA. Pages 1 - 160.
22. ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE AND TITLE PAGE FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT. The Frontispiece is Entitled The Holy Family, painted by Annibal Carrache; Engraved by Peter Maverick. These are dated 1816.
23. The standard title page for the New Testament is not dated. It states that it is the Holbrook’s Stereotype Edition, printed and sold by John Holbrook: Brattleboro, Vermont. It picks up the page numbers at 685 and continues up to 898.
24. There is a light damp stain at the top gutter part of the page which measures about 3 by 3 inches.
25. PLATE TWELVE: Christ Blessing Children. The painting is by West, the engraving is by I. Chorley. Opposite page 703.
26. PLATE THIRTEEN: The Penitence. St. Peter. Engraving by Scoles. Opposite page 711.
27. PLATE FOURTEEN: Simeon’s Benediction. P. Berritini Dit Cortona. Artist. The engraving is by W. Harrison. Opposite page733. This page has a tear at the bottom that measures about 3 inches. It does not affect the print image.
28. PLATE FIFTEEN: Holy Resignation. The artist is Coregio. The engraver is I. P. Chorley. Opposite page 757.
29. PLATE SIXTEEN: Demonstration of Future Life and Glory. There is no artist credit. The engraver is I. P. Chorley. Opposite page 782.
30. PLATE SEVENTEEN: Blind Zeal Enlightened. Bigotry Stopt. St.Paul. No artist or engraver credit. Opposite page 790.
31. MAP 4: Foldout map. (17 1/2 by 10 7/8 inches), hand colored in outline. A Map of the Different Places mentioned in the New Testament With St. Paul's Voyages From Philippi to Tyre, and from Caesarea to Rome. (between pp. 808-809).
32. PLATE EIGHTEEN: The Angel With The Book. There are artist or engraver credits. Opposite page 890.
33. PLATE NINETEEN: The Dragon Chain’d. There are no artist or engraver credits. Opposite Page 896.
34. Table of the several Passages in the Old Testament, quoted by Christ and his Apostles in the New Testament. 2 pages.
35. AN INDEX TO THE HOLY BIBLE. Pages 899 to 916.
36. TABLES OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND COINS: WITH AN APPENDIX. 4 pages, 917-920.
37. AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE PROPER NAMES IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS…pages 921 to 927.
38. JUDEA, PALESTINE, OR THE HOLY LAND. 2 pages, 929-930.
39. AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES, SUFFERINGS, AND MARTYRDOM, OF THE APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. 2 pages, 931-932.
40. A BRIEF CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTMENTS: by which aal, ors most, of the principal texts of Scripture may be easily found out. By John Brown. .Stereotype Edition. Revised and Corrected. Stereotyped by B. and J. Collins. Printed and Sold by John Holbrook: Brattleboro, VT. Pages 1 to 56.
41. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE OLD & NEW TESTAMENTS, ILLUSTRATING THE CHAPTERS, A VERY FEW EXCEPTED, IN THEIR ORDER; WITH ARGUMENTS TO THE DIFFERENT BOOKS. By the Rev. Mr. Ostervald, Professor of Divinity, and one of the Ministers of the Church at Neufchatel, Switzerland. Published by Holbrook and Fessenden. Brattleboro, 1820. Pages 1 to 124.
42. There are pink decorative end pages in the front and rear of the book. I am guessing they were once red. On them, there appears to have been a gilt decoration or design which is now faded beyond easy recognition.
43. Page 79, a one inch triangular chip in the margin, not affecting the text.
44. Page 197, Two small edge chips, a half inch or less at the bottom corner, not affecting the text.
and, 45. A small flower is laid between pages 640-641. I has resulted in a light stain on those pages and a couple of adjoining pages.
From the genealogical research that I did, the apparent original owner, Joshua T Green, a minister, purchased this volume. He also, apparently, had a military connection. The spine label clearly shows this belonging to him. What a proud addition this Bible must have been for this family.
This Bible with its many illustrations and the full leather binding must have made this an expensive purchase. Traditional Biblical commentaries are bound with the Bible. All of these volumes appear to be stereotype editions. Wide application of the stereotype technique in the United States, with improvements, is attributed to Charles Stanhope in the early 1800's. Printing plates for the Bible were stereotyped in the US in 1814.
Joshua Green (1800-1835) married Ann Sanborn in 1833. They had a son who they named Joshua T Green, the name on the label of this New Testament book. Sadly, Joshua Green died in 1835, only 35 years old. As said earlier, Joshua Green may have also been in the military at some point since there are references to, I believe, this same person as a Captain.. The son, Joshua T. Green, sadly passed away when only two years old in 1837. The book, then, seems to have been passed down through the Sanborn family, Joshua's wife's family. In the book, there was laid in, a small piece of paper with the apparent signature of (Elizabeth) "Lizzie A Sanborn, NH". Please note that the Sandborn and Sanborn families are most likely the same family, having changed the spelling of their last name at some time. Importantly, it is this small paper which makes us believe that this Joshua Green was this one in New Hampshire and not any others with the same name in Massachusetts or New York.
Last, I would like to point out that this printing is a wonderful example of significant printing and printers of the new United States nation. The new printing technique of Stereotype printing had just recently arrived to the shores of America in 1814. It had been successfully used in Europe.
On top of that, the illustrations in the book are spectacular examples of the American artists and engravers of this time period. There are a number of era typical aspects that apply to this Bible. For example, along with the Old and New Testaments, it was still standard practice to have the Apocrypha added to the Bible, inserted after the Old Testament and before the New Testament. Within a decade, the American Bible Society took the position that the Apocrypha should no longer be included.
Also, there are other standard Biblical commentary books that were bound with the Bible. This particular edition also included a number of hand colored Biblical maps as well as many engraved illustrations. The name Maverick immediately stands out for his exception work. Other names are listed above, noting all the maps and illustration plates included in this book.
Title: (Holbrook & Fessenden's Stereotype Hot-Press Edition) THE HOLY BIBLE: Containing the Old & New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues, And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised, With Marginal Notes And References. Together With The APOCRYPHA. To Which Are Added, AN INDEX: An Alphabetical Table Of All The Names In The Old And New Testaments, With Their Significations; BROWN'S CONCORDANCE. And, . Has Never Before Been Added, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND MARTYRDOM OF THE APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. WITH PLATES.
Authors: John Brown, Late Minister of the Gospel at Haddington, in Scotland. And The Rev. Mr. Ostervald.
Publishers: Holbrook & Fessenden, among others.
Date Published: 1816, 1820, and 1821.
Edition: American Printing. Please note the various publishers and publishing dates on the title pages of the different publications included.
Pages: 1163 total pages which includes all of the articles and added Biblical Commentary books.
Illustrated: Illustrated. Please see the itemized listings provided above.
Size: 4 to. It measures approximately 10 by 11 1/4 inches. It is 4 1/4 inches thick. The book weighs 9 pounds, 7 ounces.
Condition: Good to Very Good but with many pages of heavy foxing or offset markings from the illustrations along with age toning. There is a small flower which was pressed between the pages (pp. 640-641). Also there are four pages with small chips which do not affect the text or illustrations. Two leafs have a small damp stain mark measuring about 3 1/2 by 2 inches at the upper page gutter. One of the foldout maps has one edge which is rough, and with some tears, but the entire map is present. Please note that the small slip of paper with the name "Lizzie Sanborn, N.H." has been misplaced since making this listing. If it doesn't reappear, I will enclose a photocopy with the sale of this book. Part of the leather spine label of the owner's name has disintegrated so that part of the G in Green only partially shows.
Topic: The Bible with commentaries and illustrations and colored maps.
