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). This is one of the first of three phases of American editions of the Thumb Bible (1812-1848); this title was published in forty-six different editions from 1812 to 1890 - the text was modernised for these imprints and had become more readable . 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, and some defective).