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The Larger Catechism; Agreed Upon By The Assembly Of Divines At Westminster, With The Assistance Of Commissioners from the Church of Scotland, And Received By The Several Presbyterian Churches In America; With The Proofs From The Scripture
by M'Leod, Alexander
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- Condition
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About This Item
New York: Whiting & Watson / J. Watts & Co, 1813. First American Edition. Full leather. Very good. First American edition of The Larger Catechism, revised by Alexander M'Leod, in a custom slipcase.. Small octavo, [2], 142pp. Original brown leather, title in gilt over red leather spine label, gilt-ruled bands. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to joints. Small chip at bottom of spine. Toning to endpapers and text, occasional foxing. Previous ownership inscription in pencil on front flyleaf. Housed in a brown cloth chemise and slipcase, title in gilt on brown morocco spine. (American Imprints 30520) (Sabin 39032). The title page claims this book to be "The first book ever stereotyped in America." This is untrue, however, due to a printing of the Bible by the Philadelphia Bible Society with plates imported from London in 1812.
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- 12814
- Title
- The Larger Catechism; Agreed Upon By The Assembly Of Divines At Westminster, With The Assistance Of Commissioners from the Church of Scotland, And Received By The Several Presbyterian Churches In America; With The Proofs From The Scripture
- Author
- M'Leod, Alexander
- Illustrator
- First American edition of The Larger Catechism, revised by Alexander M'Leod, in a custom slipcase.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Whiting & Watson / J. Watts & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1813
- Keywords
- The Larger Catechism, Alexander M'Leod, Divines at Westminster, Westminster Abbey, Church of Scotland, Proofs from Scripture, M'Leod Larger Catechism, instructions for christians, instructions for catholics
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- Cloth
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- Morocco
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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