Preceptive Illustrations Of The Bible; Designed Ti Aid Scriptural Instruction In Schools And As A Help To Home Education. Forty Fine Hand-Coloured Lithographs.

First edition Nd. c. 1840's. The superb full page hand coloured pates are printed on heavy duty paper and the colouring is very fine. There is some foxing and marking, mostly to margins. With some small tears repaired on the back of the prints. Some plates are heavily foxed and browned to the verso. This is only the first series of the prints as the title states there were 52 published, first series 1-40 and the continuation series of twelve plates. On the verso of the title page the publisher advises how the plates are to be sold, plates 1-40, coloured in one volume and bound in cloth for 46 shillings. Then two volumes could be purchased with all 52 prints. The title page has a water stain and is heavily foxed. Bound in contemporary half leather with blue cloth sides. No spine and corners heavily chipped and rubbed. A really fine series of plates and an interesting teaching aid. Presumably most copies were broken up and displayed making it a rare series.