Weekly Bible Reader (1 results)
Published by Lund 1878 C. W. K Glerrups Forlag (Book is from Sweden in Swedish language only) 0, Sweden 1878
- Hardcover
Seller: GREAT PACIFIC BOOKS, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.GREAT PACIFIC BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Back. Condition: Good Clean Cond. Dust Jacket Condition: A:This Book Has No Dust Jacket. Illustrated Edition. Scarce Swedish edition seldom seen in the trade; comparable examples rarely appear outside Scandinavian archives. 233 pages. Previous owner name and notes, on inside front cover with the hand written date of 1879. V…ery early children's color decals decorate some of the pages. Victorian, and charming. Hardcover, with deckled paper on the boards and leather spine, some fray and tears on leather spine. -- This book is only in the Swedish language. -- And is in fairly good condition considering it is over 147 years old. -- ABOUT THE BOOK: Overall good antique copy of the modern type 19th-century Swedish printing of Barth's classic children's Bible storybook, mostly clean, signs of previous owner mentioned above. Wonderful illustrations, classic for the era. Swedish-language "lärobok för skolan och hemmet" presenting 104 concise, illustrated Bible stories arranged for weekly instruction (the title "Två gånger två och femtio" means twice fifty-two). Gleerups, Lund, 1878 (11th edition). A cornerstone of 19th-century religious pedagogy and family devotion, prized today by collectors of children's Bibles, Scandinavian religious history, and illustrated biblical readers. Useful for research on pietist educational literature and as a period reference for catechetical practice. Illustrated with black and white drawings, and pasted in color children's Victoriana scrap decals of the era (illustrator). Book.
