The Carey Bible was the first Catholic Bible printed in the United States. Mathew Carey was born in Dublin and worked as a printer before immigrating to Philadelphia in 1784. Catholics made up only 1% of the population in the United States at that time and sometimes faced severe prejudice from their Protestant neighbors. Carey published his Bible in 1790, using the Douay-Rheims translation of the Vulgate, with the support of over 400 subscribers. He intended it to not only support the Catholic community, but also to combat Protestant claims that Catholics were indifferent to Bible study and the devotional life. This copy is a rare first edition.