HE KAINE DIATHEKE, NOVUM TESTAMENTUM Wigorniae, Massachusettensi: excudebat Isaias Thomas, Jun, 1800 Editio Prima Americana This is the first American printing of the Greek New Testament, considered a milestone in American printing history. Isaiah Thomas’ printing shop was dubbed “the sedition factory,” during the American Revolution. Thomas moved his...

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“…my small stock of professional knowledge…” REPORTS DU TRES ERUDITE EDMUND SAUNDERS… Edmund Saunders (d. 1683) London: W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and M. Flesher, 1686 First edition Edmund Saunders grew up in poverty. He taught himself to read and write and eventually became Lord Chief Justice during the reign of...

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