The Comprehensive Critical and Explanatory Bible Encyclopaedia. Containing a Complete Definition and Explanation of All Religious Terms including Bible Antiquities, Biography, Geography and Natural History (etc etc)
Published by Standard Publishing Company [1881, but later], Toledo, 1881
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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since February 22, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 137.50
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Sold by subscription. Thick, heavy quarto (26cm); publishers embossed cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; page edges marbled; 1003pp; text illus; numerous inserted leaves of plates. Binding slightly rubbed and soiled, with some fraying to cloth a board edges, but still a complete, well-preserved, Very Good copy. A massive biblical miscellany, clearly intended to rival the good book itself for shelf-space in the Victorian American reading room, and even including blank leaves for recording births, deaths, christenings, and other genealogical data (unused in our copy). The general title page is for "Robinson's Critical and Explanatory Bible Encyclopaedia," but this appears to in fact be a re-packaging of O.A. Browning's "Words and Works of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Arranged Under Special Headings and Subjects," with internal title page to that effect, dated 1885. OCLC cataloguing suggests that this popular work of Bible exegesis appeared in a variety of subscription formats and under a variety of imprints.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Comprehensive Critical and Explanatory Bible Encyclopaedia. Containing a Complete Definition and Explanation of All Religious Terms including Bible Antiquities, Biography, Geography and Natural History (etc etc)
- Author
- ROBINSON, Edward (ed)
- Publisher
- Standard Publishing Company [1881, but later], Toledo
- Publication year
- 1881
- Seller catalogs
- Religion, Theology, Church History
Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
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We maintain an inventory of more than 50,000 items, including out-of-print and rare books, pamphlets, graphics, and ephemera, most in our specialty areas of Radical Thought and Modern Literature but including a large selection of fine books in all fields. Only a fraction of our inventory is catalogued for on-line sales. We also issue 2 to 4 printed catalogs each year of items in our specialisation. Though we are a private-premises business, our books are priced and organized for browsing. If you would like to visit our showroom, please contact us by e-mail or telephone as far in advance of your anticipated visit as possible. We'll do our best to accommodate you!…
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Winchester, VA U.S.A. 22601
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