Physical description

A badly damaged small brown leather hardcover Holy Bible from the mid 1800's with an embossed insignia on the front cover as well as Holy Bible and four gold lines on the spine. The front cover has stamped in the middle of it inside a circular insignia the words, 'Massachusetts Bible Society'. The title page and the page before it are badly torn at the bottom. There are illegible pen and ink inscriptions on the end papers at the front. The text is extremely miniscule, but readable.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Indecipherable pen and ink copperplate writing is written on the first few pages of the bible with some words being readable. 'Francis Robbins' Louisa Robbins ? Robbins Born August 5 1850 Mary Jane Robbins Born March 2 1858 Louisa Robbins Born Decer 1859'

Summary

The Holy Bible containing the Old and New testaments: translated out of the original tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. 60th Edition - c.1840's