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Published by J.S. Virtue & Co. (c. 1880), London, 1880
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
First Edition
Full leather. Harry Fenn and J. D. Woodward (Illus) (illustrator). 1st edition thus. 1st ed. thus, folio, 3 volumes: Volume 1: Genesis to Chronicles I; Volume 2: Chronicles II to Malachi; Volume 3 The New Testament and Bible Dictionary, pp.488; 994; 358; (46, dictionary), b&w engraved fronts ports. and engraved title page vignettes to each volume, two double-page maps, profusely illustrated with full page engravings on steel and wood by Fenn and Woodward, tissue guards, light foxing throughout with some offsetting, professionally rebacked, new e.p.s. in original ornate gilt tooled decorated full leather bds., cnrs bumped, a.e.g., gilt dentelles, the three volumes in custom made slip-case. [heavy set will require additional charge for postage] Holy Bible in three ornately decorated volumes. Beautifully llustrated by English-born American illustrator, landscape painter, etcher, and wood engraver, Harry Fenn and American landscape artist and illustrator, John Douglas Woodward. The two artists travelled together through Egypt and the Holy Land in the winters of 1877 and 1878 illustrating scenes and architecture.