Sold for:
$15,275
$15,275
(Thomas, Isaiah, His Copy), The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments , Worcester, 1791, printed by Isaiah Thomas, folio, old calf, with fifty plates, (cover detached, sprung). Note: One of most important early printers in America, this is the Thomas family bible, so inscribed "The gift of Isaiah Thomas, Esq. to his much respected mother-in-law, Rebecca Trowle", and thence to Isaiah Thomas, III also inscribed, and with the bookplate of Isaiah Thomas.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-10-26
