{"product_id":"1752-pennsylvania-bible-superb-thomas-baskett-bible-owned-by-abolitionist-providence-pa-pioneer","title":"1752 PENNSYLVANIA BIBLE. Superb Thomas Baskett Bible Owned by Abolitionist \u0026 Providence PA Pioneer.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very handsome reverse calf large 4to Bible by Thomas Baskett, owned by 18th century Quaker, George Miller, and passed down by descent through the Miller family. Miller was one of the founders of Providence, Pennsylvania in Delaware County, an early abolitionist and correspondent with Benjamin Rush on the issue, and a founding member of the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society, established in 1775. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes two hand-drawn custom bookplates for George Miller, a quarter sheet of a bi-foliom with one side having comments about a Presidential election [see below, probably in reference to either the election of 1796 or 1800] and the reverse having some brief notes on the knowledge of the absence of knowledge as a part of knowing, and light and darkness as knowledge metaphors . . . significant in a Quaker context. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Presidential election note reads in full:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe result of the late Presidential contest is not merely a victory gained by one party over the other, but the more sublime spectacle, of a great people triumphing over mis-rule and breach of trust in their servants to whome was comited a limited power under which the[y] had attempted to subvert the liberty of this country\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches. Oxford. Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University. M DCC LII [1752]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments [Separate NT Title]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e: Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Apointed to be Read in Churches. Oxford. Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University, M DCC LII [1752]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Whole Book of Psalms; Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others. Conferred with the Hebrew. Set forth and allowed to be Sung in all Churches, of all the People together, before and after Morning and Evening Prayer, and also before and after SErmons; and moreover in private Houses for their godly Solace and Comfort, laying apart all ungodly Songs and Ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of Vice, and corrupting of Youth. London. J. Bettenham, and H. Woodfall. M DCC LI [1751]. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very large 4to. Original reverse calf, rubbed, losses at spine, but generally sound and looking quite smart for its age. Some occasional handling and light stains, blank endpapers are lacking, ending with the final leaf of text for the Psalms [complete]. A few small tears and losses to the final sheet of the Psalms. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44129004584996,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/05-02-2026SpecsFineBooks-7.jpg?v=1777840284","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1752-pennsylvania-bible-superb-thomas-baskett-bible-owned-by-abolitionist-providence-pa-pioneer","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}