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John H. Gilkey bible: Origformat: Artifact
John H. Gilkey bible

Origformat: Artifact

Name/Title

Bible

Entry/Object ID

2017.006.001

Scope and Content

Bible, English, Old and New Testaments, King James Version (Genesis - Revelation), including Plates, Apocrypha, and Index, 9" x 11.25" x 3", leather cover. Inscribed with the name John H. Gilkey. Family Record intact, dates beginning 1764 (copied and included in Genalogies as 2017.006.005). Information on similar bible provided by donor: One of the Phinneys series of sterotyped quarto bibles of which 138 editions were published between August 1822 and winter 1848.