The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi
Liverpool: Printed by J. Tompkins, 1841. First European Edition. 643pp. Sextodecimo [14 cm] Brown sheep with decorative blind stamping to boards. Nicely rebacked with raised bands and gilt stamped tittle. Gentle rubbing to boards. New endsheets and pastedowns. Internally very nice without the usual foxing and spotting. Item #8437
The fourth, and first European edition of the Book of Mormon. At the April 1840 conference in Preston, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Parley Pratt were appointed to secure a British copyright for the Book of Mormon. Three weeks later, Young wrote to Joseph Smith for permission to publish the book in England, and early in July he and Pratt purchased paper and engaged J. Tompkins and Co. to print and bind 5,000 copies. The 1841 Book of Mormon is a faithful reprint of the 1837 Kirtland edition. It is an important link in the genealogy of the Book of Mormon: except for two Nauvoo editions, all subsequent LDS editions of the Book of Mormon in English are from this first British edition. This is first Book of Mormon to contain an index and the first to move the Witness statements to the front of the book. Flake/Draper 598. Howes S623. Sabin 83041. Crawley 98. Mormon Imprints 12.
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