History of the Bible. Shaw, S. Albany. 1828. 256 printed pages (spotting and foxing throughout; page-block thumbed). 15 full-page wood engraved illustrations. Caption on page 122 leaves the 'h' off 'Goliath'. Three sets of contemporary ink ownership initials rather simply written on front endpapers. 32 x 48 mm. Original full brown lattice embossed calf; spine with four lots of triple horizontal gilt rules with gilt titling and tooled ornamentation between (old stain affecting the spine lettering and part of the front and back covers; binding has a severe lean). Adomeit, A63. Welsh, 1098. Adomeit locates just three complete and four defective copies existing. OCLC, 19254848. WorldCat locates 10 copies worldwide (all in the USA). 75 firsts2024