Catalogue of Books Contained in the Library of the American Bible Society: Embracing Editions of the Holy Scriptures in Various Languages and Other Biblical and Miscellaneous Works

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American Bible Society's Press, 1863 - Bible - 204 pages

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Page 9 - The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New : Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues : and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties special! Comandement. Appointed to be read in churches.
Page 140 - SACRA PICTORIA: being a Series of Illustrations of the Ancient Versions of the Bible, copied from Illuminated Manuscripts, executed between the Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries. Royal 4to, with 50 beautifully Illuminated Plates, half-bound morocco, .£3 IM.
Page 5 - The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, published in 1526, being the first translation from the Greek into English, by that eminent scholar and martyr William Tyndale. Reprinted verbatim ; with a Memoir of his Life and Writings by George Offor. Together with the Proceedings and Correspondence of Henry VIII., Sir T. More, and Lord Cromwell.
Page 131 - Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore MC Perry.
Page 19 - THE NEW Testament, in an improved Version, upon the basis of Archbishop Newcome's new translation ; with a corrected text, and notes critical and explanatory.
Page 117 - Grammar of the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, Greek, Latin, English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German Languages, reduced to one Common Rule of Syntax, &c. with an extensive Index, intended to simplify the Study of the Languages. By Samuel Barnard. 8vo. pp. 312.
Page 16 - Resolved, That the United States, in Congress assembled, highly approve the pious and laudable undertaking of Mr. Aitken, as subservient to the interests of religion, as well as an instance of the progress of arts in this country...
Page 5 - BIBLIA THE BIBLE, THAT is, THE HOLY SCRIPTURE OF THE OLDE AND NEW TESTAMENT, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe.
Page 73 - Biblia Hebraica, or, The Hebrew Scriptures of the Old Testament, without points, after the text of Kennicott ; with the chief various readings selected from his Collation of Hebrew MSS., from that of De Rossi, and from the Ancient Versions; accompanied with English Notes, Critical, Philological, and Explanatory, selected from the most approved Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign, Biblical Critics.
Page 128 - The English Bible. History of the Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue, with specimens of the Old English Versions. By Mrs. HC CONANT, author of " Translations of Neander's Practical Commentaries.

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