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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments according to the Authorized version /illustrated with two hundred engravings . . . rubricated headings, titles and initial letters designed by Noel Humphreys. Containing also, printed after each book in a convenient form, Notes critical and theological; and illustrative history, geography, natural history, and antiquities of the holy scriptures . . . . to which are added various readings and parallel passages. London: S. O. Beeton, [1862-3]. SCARCE. First complete printing. Full Leather. Very Good. 2 volumes: Genesis to Job; Psalms to Revelation. Bevelled edges, elaborate gilt and blind embossed frames to front and back with diamond pattern within. Spines in six panels with five raised bands. The second panel with HOLY BIBLE , gilt in red text box; the fourth panel with Gen-Job and Psal-Rev in gilt in green text box. Leather scuffed in places, the spine bands rubbed, minor damage to tops/bases of spines. Bindings strong. Marbled endpapers. Both volumes with presentation pink bookplate dated 1866 for the tenth birthday of Reuben Tomlinson Watts from his grandmother. Foxing to endpapers. Vol. I has a Family Register which the grandmother has filled in back to 1827. Other hands have completed the genealogy where known up to 1979. 2096pp., decorated and illustrated. Edges of the page block in bright unmarked gilt, scored with a diamond pattern with floral decoration in each lozenge. All the contents clean and bright. Approx 11 inches x 8.5 inches. Originally issued in 24 separate parts at 2 shillings each, there would seem to be very few extant copies of its publication in 2 volumes bindings. It is not recorded among S.O. Beeton's lists. Beeton outlined the scheme in the publisher s catalogue at the end of his Beeton s Book of Birds 1862 : To be completed in 24 Parts, price 2s. Monthly. Each Part to contain 64 pages. Parts I. and II. now ready. Part II. contains the Notes to Genesis, with the Various Readings and References. It was, for a long period, the desire of the Publisher of the Illuminated Family Bible to produce a work in a style of such excellence with regard to its paper, printing, illustration, and ornamentation, as would render it, in every respect, the worthiest edition of the Holy Scriptures extant ; for it is not too much to state that, hitherto, no Illustrated Edition of the Bible has satisfied that great portion of the public which can, happily, in these days, recognise the true and beautiful in Art. The Illustrative Cartoons to Beeton's Illuminated Family Bible are from the original designs of Julius Schnorr, and other of the most eminent of European Artists. The Ornamentation (consisting of Headings to the Books, Initial Letters, &c., printed in red and black inks) is engraved by H. N. Woods, from drawings by Noe! Humphreys. The References to parallel passages and various readings are most carefully considered, and the Notes, printed at the end of each Book, are compiled from the best authorities in Biblical Literature. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. More photos always available on request. PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THIS ITEM I WILL NEED TO QUOTE SEPARATELY FOR POSTAGE ON RECEIVING YOUR ORDER. Seller Inventory # ABE-1708090123400
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