C1850 HOLY BIBLE rare DETROIT michigan PRE CIVIL WAR antique OLD leather

  
Date of 1850 is an estimate as there is no date listed, but it appears to be right around that time period. Most likely sometime from 1840 to 1860. Nothing from this printer listed in Hills, and also nothing in Detroit.

This is seemingly the first Bible printed in Detroit and the first Bible printed in Michigan. I have yet to run across this printing in all my years of collecting. If you have any further information on this printing feel free to message me, I'd love to know more.

Despite some condition issues, this copy is quite a collection piece! Crudely re-backed using what was left of the original spine leather, which is now peeling off. Beautiful design on original leather covers. Typical foxing and spots throughout. One signature in the middle loose and protruding. Measures about 11.5" x 9.5" and about 2.75 thick.

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