Frederic W Farrah (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. large leather-bound edition of Farrah's 'The Life of Christ'.Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin. Undated, Circa 1870 (Publisher operated under this name between 1858 and 1878).21 x 27 x 5.5 cm 768pp. Quarto, Quarter-bound in red leather and textured red cloth. Blind tooled borders. Five raised bands on the spine with tan leather gilt title label. Grey-blue endpapers. Red page edges (all sides). Frontis showing a colour map of Palestine in the time of Christ. Richly illustrated throughout with woodcuts, maps and ink drawings adorning the text. Each chapter has a header illustration and decorated capitals. Good+ condition volume. The binding remains firm and straight with no loose pages and no separation at the gutters. The gilt detail on the spine remains bright. Some wear to the edges and corners of the boards with some bumping, fraying and loss of leather at the corners. Some wear to the front spine hinge. Four areas of loss to the l.