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Excalibur Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since September 15, 2008
"THE NEW PICTORIAL NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY BIBLE". Beautifully illustrated, including many Chromo-Lithographs. Contemporary Black Full Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine, Gilt Title on dark red ground in 2nd Compartment and Gilt Decoration in the others. Blind stamped and Gilt Decoration to front & rear. All page edges Gilt. Gilt Decorative borders to inner cover. Frontispiece Illustrated with Roman ruins "Pagan Rome", protected by tissue guard. Title Page Printed in Red & Black, dated 1867. Dr Eadie's Preface, xv pages, is followed by Coloured Maps of the World and the Middle East. Text arranged in Double Columns, with copious Footnotes and References in Inner Margins. Beautifully Illustrated throughout with many Full-Page Plates Plates and Coloured Maps. showing Natural History, Scenes from the Holy Land, Biblical Scenes, Coins etc. The New Testament has it's own Title Page. After the Old Testament and the New Testament come a Chronological Index; 13" Tall, 5 Kilos. Some edge wear to leather and a few small scrapes (see photo). Splits to leather all down right side of spine and halfway down left side, Hinges cracked and reinforced with hinge tape. No inscriptions. A little light marginal foxing to plates and some pages. Plates and most pages in nice, clean condition. Heavy Volume, weighs 5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Seller Inventory # 014412
Title: THE HOLY BIBLE with the Commentaries of ...
Publisher: W. R. M'Phun, Glasgow and London
Publication Date: 1867
Binding: Full-Leather
Illustrator: Ogilvy M'Niven, T. W. Lieut. Col.
Condition: Good+
Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Full-Leather. Condition: Good+. Ogilvy M'Niven, T. W. Lieut. Col. (illustrator). Black Full Leather, Brass Bound Bible with 2 working Brass Clasps. 5 Raised Bands to spine, Gilt Title in 2nd Compartment and Gilt Decoration in the others. Blind stamped and Gilt Decoration to front, & rear, some in Grecian style. All page edges Gilt. Frontispiece Illustrated with Roman ruins "Pagan Rome". Coloured Title Page headed "The National Illustrated Family Bible", followed by a Printed Title Page dated 1867. Dr Eadie's Preface is followed with Coloured Maps of the World and the Middle East. Illustrated throughout with many engraved Plates and Coloured Maps. showing Natural History, Scenes from the Holy Land, Biblical Scenes, Coins etc. After the Old Testament and the New Testament come a Chronological Index; Names; Weights & Measures and a Concise Biblical Cyclopaedia: a Dictionary of Sacred Biography, Natural History, Ancient Geography, Eastern Antiquities and Theology. 13 3/4" Tall. Some wear to leather (see photo), mainly around spine whichj has a tiny piece of leather missing from top corner. Front hinge cracked and reinforced with cloth hinge tape. Coloured title page loose. No inscriptions. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Heavy Volume, weighs over 5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Seller Inventory # 011021
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