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The American Catholic Bible in the Nineteenth Century
A Catalog of English Language Editions
Sidney K. Ohlhausen

ISBN 978-0-7864-2491-7
182 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
347pp. library binding (7 x 10) 2006

Description
This is an enumeration of every Catholic edition of the Bible and New Testament known to have appeared with an American imprint during the 19th century. It includes editions actually published in America, and editions from England and Ireland that would later appear with the imprints of American publishers.

The first of two parts provides a detailed collation and historical background description of every first printing, then lists every known reprint from the same set of plates. The second part provides detailed collations of 100 editions not already described in standard bibliographical sources. A reproduction of the title page is provided for each first edition and each newly collated edition—some 160 title pages in all. Sample advertisements from early American publishers are also reproduced.

In an appendix are several useful tables, including one that helps identify a Bible edition by its pagination. A general index is included, as well as an index to publishers and booksellers.

About the Author
Sidney K. Ohlhausen has been Treasurer of the International Society of Bible Collectors since 1995 and has been collecting antiquarian Bibles for the last 20 years. He has written for Recusant History, Catholic Heritage, and Bible Editions & Versions (formerly Bible Collectors’ World).