The Comprehensive Family Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments

A wonderful example of David Davidson's scarce and beautifully illustrated edition of the Holy Bible, including both the Old and New Testament. A scarce mid nineteenth century edition of the Authorised Version, this is an early example of David Davidson's scarce illustrated edition of the Bible.Bound in two handsome full calf bindings, with blind tooling. Volume I runs from Genesis to Songs of Solomon, and volume II runs from Isaiah to Revelation.Collated: illustrated with two engraved title pages, two engraved frontispieces, sixty plates, and eight partially hand coloured maps. Nothing appears to be lacking, but numbers of plates and maps vary across institutional records.The illustrators contributing to this volume include Holl, Robinson, Knight, and Whitfield.First published in 1848, this is an 1855 edition of Davidson's work.Davidson provides copious 'critical, explanatory, and practical notes, and reflections', with an introduction, chronological tables, and index of subjects. In the original full calf bindings, with gilt detailing and blind tooling. Externally, very smart. Small closed tear to back strip head of volume II. Small losses of calf to back strip tails. Light rubbing to joints. Tail of front joint of volume I starting, with board firmly held. Front hinge of volume II strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to plates, with instances of tide marks to page fore edges. Spotting to text leaves surrounding plates, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good.…