Description
The / Holy Bible, /Translated from / the Latin Vulgate: / Diligently Compared with / the Hebrew, Greek and Other Editions / in Various Languages. / The Old Testament Was First Published at Doway A.D. 1609: / and the New Testament, by the English College at Rheims, A.D. 1582. / With Annotations / by the Rev. Dr. Challoner; / together with References, and an Historical and Chronological Index. / Revised and Corrected according to the Clementine Edition of the Scriptures. / New York: / Published by D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 31 Barclay Street / Boston: 128 Federal Street / Montreal, C.E.; Cor. Of Notre Dame and St. Francis Xavier Streets [ca. 1874]. Large imperial quarto (13’ x 10”) Family Bible with Ward’s Errata of the Protestant Bible included at the end. Fine binding in full leather. Original covers with ornate gilt tooling. Later matching spine in six gilt panels offset by raised bands. Extra illustrated edition: engraved frontispiece and extra illuminated title to Old Testament, two engraved frontispieces to New Testament, plus 38 additional full page engraved plates. All pages surrounded by ornamental border. All edges gilt. Family pages filled in. Otherwise, no writing or underlining. Corners lightly bumped. Leather loss at extremities. Soiling to endpapers and a few small marginal tears not affecting text. Interior shows signs of age with browning and occasional spotting. 793; 228; & 118 pp. including tables. Large, heavy book.
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