Devotional Family Bible with Practical and Experimental Reflections on Each Verse of the Old and New Testament, and Rich Marginal References by the Rev. Alexander Fletcher. 2 vols. (Complete with the Books of the Apocrypha)

Published by George Virtue, London and New York, 1880

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Two volumes, folio. IV, [4], 942pp, 943-1260pp, 230pp, [10], 1261-1622pp, [4], 44pp. Original blind-tooled leather over beveled boards with gold lettering and decorations on spines and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in each volume protected with a tissue-guard. 2 additional engraved title-pages. Ribbon markers. Both volumes have the London imprint of George Virtue upon the pictorial and text title pages. Stunning Bible profusely illustrated with over a hundred steel engravings after drawings or paintings by de Loutherbourgh, Amiconi, J. S. Hart, Hamilton, Schopin, Horace Vernet, W. H. Bartlett, Rubens, Northcote, Guercino, F. Bol, W. Artaud, Murillo, M. A. Colin, H. Singleton, J. Opie, Gros, Raffaello d'Urbino, Raphaël, and many more. Each plate is protected with a tissue-guard. Text in 2 columns with centre references and reflections at foot of page. This work is complete with the Books of Apocrypha and an alphabetical list of proper names of the Old Testament, persons and places. Slight rubbing along joints and raised bands. Minor damp-staining on upper inner margin of very first pages of first volume (not affecting text or illustrations). Sporadic foxing affecting tissue-guards and margins of some plates (not affecting illustrations). Frontispiece of second volume detached but present. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.…

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Title
Devotional Family Bible with Practical and Experimental Reflections on Each Verse of the Old and New Testament, and Rich Marginal References by the Rev. Alexander Fletcher. 2 vols. (Complete with the Books of the Apocrypha)
Author
Fletcher, Alexander, Reverend
Publisher
George Virtue, London and New York
Publication year
1880
Condition
vg
Binding
Hardcover
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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