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This was produced by Thomas Belsham. An article on this translation is available at bible-researcher.com. It is a revision of William Newcome's translation, An Attempt toward Revising our English Translation of the Greek Scriptures, or the New Covenant of Jesus Christ: and toward Illustrating the Sense by Philological and Explanatory Notes made without Newcome's permission.
First Edition - 1808
Title: The New Testament, in an Improved Version, upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome's New Translation: with a Corrected Text, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. Published by a Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and the Practice of Virtue by the Distribution of Books.
Date: 1808
Publisher: London: Printed by Richard Taylor and Co. Shoe-Lane.
References: Chamberlin 542-6; Herbert 1517, see 1518 & 1519, Taliaferro-BVE CN00201, Taliaferro-EELBV 7260.100.
Images: Title page.
Facsimile: A pdf facsimilies of the 1808 edition is available at books.google.com.
First American Edition - 1809
Title: The New Testament, in an Improved Version, upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome's New Translation: with a Corrected Text, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. Published by a Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and the Practice of Virtue by the Distribution of Books. … From the London Edition.
Date: 1809
Publisher: Boston: Printed by Thomas B. Wait and Company, Court Street for W. Wells.
References: Chamberlin 542-6; Hills 171; Herbert 1527, Taliaferro-BVE CN00201, Taliaferro-EELBV 7260.110.
Images: Title page.
Facsimile: A pdf facsimile of the 1809 American edition is available at archive.org and at books.google.com.
Fourth Edition - 1817
Title: The New Testament, in an Improved Version, upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome's New Translation: with a Corrected Text, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. Published by The Unitarian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and the Practice of Virtue by the Distribution of Books. The Fourth Edition, with corrections and additions.
Date: 1817
Publisher: London: Printed for Richard and Arthur Taylor, Shoe-Lane.
References: Chamberlin 542-6; Hills see 171; Herbert see 1517, 1518, & 1519, Taliaferro-BVE CN00201, Taliaferro-EELBV 7260.120.
Images: Title page. (from the online facsimile)
Facsimile: A pdf facsimile of the 1817 edition is available at books.google.com.
