00127-00130

Title

Subject

Description

Jane Aitkin was the first American woman to print a Bible. This four-volume edition was not the traditional King James Bible, but a new English version translated from the Greek Septuagint by Charles Thomson (1729–1824).

Creator

Thomson, Charles, 1729–1824, tr. and Aitken, Jane, printer.

Source

00127-00130. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Covenant, Commonly Called the Old and New Testament, Translated from the Greek by Charles Thomson. Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1808.

Relation

Later Printers

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

Bible

Collection

Fifty Women

Citation

Thomson, Charles, 1729–1824, tr. and Aitken, Jane, printer., “00127-00130,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed June 6, 2023, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1593.