Lot 265
[AMERICAN GENEALOGY] HOLY BIBLE, N.Y. 1817 Hopkins copy

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[BIBLE] Simon Hopkins Family [AMERICAN GENEALOGY] THE HOLY BIBLE, N.Y. 1817. Hopkins Family History Providence, Rhode Island family

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American Bible Society. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments : Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. New-York: Stereotyped by E. & J. White for the American Bible Society, 1817. (N.T. 1816).  832, 254 pages.  

8vo.  Approx. 7.5 inches tall. Contemporary full leather with red Mor. label with gilt lettering and spine ruling.  Condition: Spine split at center; a few signatures sprung, a page or two loose or just about free.

 Genealogy: Front and rare blanks have extensive genealogical entries for the Hopkins family divided into births, marriages, and deaths— the opening page beginning with Simon Hopkins birth, June 29, 1785, and ending with Ezek. G. Hopkins, May 28, 1830.  The death entries continue to 1899.  Front leaves are loose; the page of marriages edgeworn with some loss.  
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