Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
ARC0017 |
Object Name |
Book |
Scope & Content |
Book, Holy Bible, 9"x11"x2 1/2", 765 pages. Published 1847, Philadelphia, Jesper Harding. J. Harding, Printer. Index. This volume includes the standard Old and New Testament chapters, but also has the Apocrypha; Esdras I and II, Tobit, Judith, the Rest of Esther, Wisdom (of Solomon), Ecclsiasticus, Baruch, with the Epistle of of Jeremiah, The Song of the Three Children, The Story of Susanna, the Idol Bel and the Dragon, the Prayer of Mansses, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees. There is no Family Pedigree or History page in the middle of this bible as there is in so many, and no evidence of owner written in the front or back. No donor listed. Book, Holy bible, 12"x9x31/2", 1871. Gold Imprinted Cover, James Haft name center top. Very heavy cover, detached. Color frontispiece. Philadelphia, William W. Harding, Publisher. Old and New Testament together with Apocrypha, Concordance, and Psalms and with the fomrer translations diligenty compared and revised. The text conformable to the original edition of the year of our Lord 1610 and the American Bible Society's Original Standard Edition of 1816. Illustrations and a leaflet from "The South Dakota Congregationalist" January 1908, No. 7 vol. 1. Articles on the Santee Indian Training School and Temperance between pages 30-31. Loose paper copy of a portrait of Maurice Maeterlinck beween pages 90-91. Family information begins page 116. Marriges listed on color page opposite. Back piece in color, Back cover loose. |
Copyrights |
This bible was a high quality production, and the interior is in very good shape considering its age. The front and back covers are completely detached, and there is some wear on the gold imprinting, but the paper itself is in good condition and still turns with ease. Most of the illustrations are loose, and the edges are somewhat curled and frayed from sliding around and not being placed careully back into place before the book was closed. The handwritten entries in the family pages are still legible as of 2023, and have been entered into the Past Perfect program at the Black Hills Historical Society in Rapid City, South Dakota, where the Bible now resides. |
Collection |
Minnilusa Historical Archives Collection |