The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New testaments. / The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments.

MATCHING VICTORIAN BIBLE AND PRAYER BOOK WITH BRASS EDGING AND CLASPS IN THE ORIGINAL LEATHER BOX .:

Published by Oxford: Printed at the University Press Sold by E Gardner and Son at the Oxford Bible Warehouse Paternoster Row London; And by J and C Mozley Derby M DCCC LVIII, 1858

About this Item

A very good matching full leather Bible and Prayer Book. Prayer book published in 1860. The original leather case measures: 6.0" x 4.25" x 3.5". Black morocco, edges rubbed and bumped. Large engraved armorial bookplate laid down to one panel: William Smith Nicholson, Christ Church, Oxford". Each book measures 5.75" x 3.75" x 1.5". Ruby 24's. Polished black calf with gilt titles. Each board with brass edging and central brass clasp (in full working order), Each spine with 5 raised bands and gilt titles. All page edges bright gilt. Clean yellow endpapers. Binder's blind-stamp to each front endpaper: "Masters, 78 Bond St.". Dedication to each front free-endpaper: "George Harvey Nicholson. From His God-father H. F. N. - Feb. 22. 1863." Clean text throughout, except for two verses blocked in blue biro (I. Corinthians XVI. Verse 13-14 ). VG. ** Joseph Masters & Co., Printer & Stationer, 78 New Bond St, London. *** Family history records show George Harvey Nicholson CB CMG. Born 5 Dec 1862 in Hoo, Kent, England. Son of William Smith Nicholson and Elizabeth (Johnston) Nicholson. Brother of George Harvey Nicholson, Mary (Nicholson) Balguy, Stuart Nicholson CB MVO DL, Maud Nicholson, Edith (Nicholson) Meade and Agnes (Nicholson) Lewes-D'Ashwood. Husband of Blanche Wilhelmina Dorothea (Annesley) Nicholson married 1 Jun 1892 in Bareilly, Bengal, India. Father of Geoffrey Nicholson. Died 13 Jun 1942 at age 79 in Winchester, Hampshire, England . He was educated at Mr Ratcliffe's School at 42 Sandgate Rd, Folkestone and later at Sandhurst Military Academy. By 1887 he was serving in India as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment. He married Blanche Dorothea Annesley at Bareilly, Bengal on 1 June 1892. By 1901 he was serving in Ireland. On 14 January 1916 he was gazetted temporary Brigadier General. A photograph from 1917 is available in the National Portrait Gallery. **** H.F.N. is believed to be Henry Frederick Nicholson born on 24 October 1835, brother of William Smith Nicholson and a Navy Captain. Seller Inventory # 50558

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New ...

Publisher: Oxford: Printed at the University Press Sold by E Gardner and Son at the Oxford Bible Warehouse Paternoster Row London; And by J and C Mozley Derby M DCCC LVIII

Publication Date: 1858

Binding: Hardcover