HE KAINE DIATHEKE - NOVUM TESTAMENTUM, CUM VERSIONE LATINA ARIAE MONTANI. Editio Prima Americana. Cura Johannis Watts.
by Bible. New Testament. Greek & Latin. 1806. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
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Impensis by S. F. Bradford, Philadelphia: 1806, 1806 561 p. [i.e. 571] p. Various pagination. Double column. Text in Greek and Latin. Early manuscript ownership of Samuel Helffenstein (1775-1866). Also Peter Plug, 1816 and J.N. Wagner. Crude pencil drawings on rear fly leaves. Text beginning to brown but not brittle. 12mo. 185 mm. Original full leather binding, scuffed and worn. Original leather spine label. Loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Good. Helffenstein was Elected as minister of the Pennsylvania Bible Society in 1799, and served as a manager of the Bible Society from 1808-1854. The Society probably sponsored this Greek/Latin Edition. He was pastor of the First Reformed Church (St. Peter's German Reformed) in Philadelphia. His father - Rev. John Christian Albert Helfenstein was a minister of the German Reformed Congregation in Germantown. S&S/AI 9974. First American Edition of a Greek & Latin New Testament. SCARCE. Apparently not listed for sale on-line anywhere. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAIMP 10. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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- HE KAINE DIATHEKE - NOVUM TESTAMENTUM, CUM VERSIONE LATINA ARIAE MONTANI. Editio Prima Americana. Cura Johannis Watts.
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- Bible. New Testament. Greek & Latin. 1806. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
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- Impensis by S. F. Bradford, Philadelphia: 1806
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- 1806
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- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN BIBLE NEW TESTAMENT NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GREEK AND LATIN FIRST EDITION RELIGION S.F. BRADFORD PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT 1806
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