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London: Printed For Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria Lane, 1825 .. A New Edition With Plates." 12mo. 7.5" x 5.0" x 1.25". No pagination (c. 232ff.) + 4pp. page Publisher's catalogue at the end; dated "September 1, 1830." Original green buckram boards, edges rubbed and bumped. Flat spine with old paper label(soiled). Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Clean English text throughout, illustrated with 11 full-page engravings (all dated 1825). Light soiling and toning to margins of all plates. Still a very good copy of this scarce publication. ** "Thaddeus Mason Harris (1768�1842) was a Harvard librarian, Unitarian minister and author in the early 19th Century. His most noted book was The Natural History of the Bible first published in Boston in 1793. Harris's father was killed fighting on the colonists side in the American Revolutionary War. Harris had been born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, but after his father's death he was sent to live on a farm in Stirling, Massachusetts. Harris went on to study… Read More

London : Samuel Bagster and Sons, Limited, 15, Paternoster Row [1835?] .. A very good full leather binding. Thick 8vo. 21.5cm x 15cm x 7.5cm. pp.6/[2pp.]/Old Testament: pp.590 (interleaved with blank leaves)/New Testament: pp.220 (interleaved with blank leaves)/pp.36/[Table of Chronology - 4pp.]/[Coloured maps - 6ff.] . 9 coloured engraved maps, signed: W. Hughes sc. Full black calf. Cornersbumped and strengthened. Spine with five raised bands and gilt titles (a little dulled): Polyglot Bible - English Version - Index". All page edges gilr. Inner gilt dentelles. "Sewn With Silk" to base of the verso of the front board. original black endpapers. Neat dedication to front endpaper: "Ernest Elliott, From E. F. I. E. Easter 1883." Text in two columns, with references in centre column. A few verses under-lined and a few notes added to some of the blank leaves. * Date of publication from COPAC (British Library) ** Referenced by Darlow & Moule 1628 and 1849. Facsimile reprint of Bagster's pocket editions.… Read More

Oxford: Printed At The University Press, Sold by E. Gardner and Son, At The Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, London; And by J. and C. Mozley, Derby, M.DCCC.LV. [ 1855 ] .. Very good matching set. Polished black calf, with bright gilt decoration. Both spines with 5 raised bands gilt decorated compartments and gilt titles. All page edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Yellow endpapers. Binder's stamp to verso of the front board: "Webb & Hunt, Liverpool." Each book with dedication to front free-endpaper dated 1856. Printed title to each book: The Bible is dated 1856 and states the size is 'Diamond 24's' . The Prayer Book is 1854 and states the size is 'Nonparall 32's'. Both books measures 4.75" x 3.0" x 1.0" . A lovely set.

London: Samuel Bagster & Sons, 15 Paternoster Row, [ no date c. 1850 ].. Pearl 16mo. 5.75" x 3.75" x 1" . A scarce bible with white metal clasp and corners. A very good original full leather binding. Black full calf (with the texture of "shark skin"), with white metal cross, outer corners and central embossed clasp in working order. The spine has 5 raised bands, and blind stamped title. All page edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentilles, Original dark brown endpapers. Dedication dated 1940 to front fre-endpaper. Clean text throughout. 3 books bound together, all with separate title pages: "The English Version Of The Polyglott Bible..." ; "The New Testament..." ; "The Indexed Atlas To The Holy Scriptures" (+ 12 coloured maps). Clean English text throughout, with a central column of references. The books of the Apocrypha are ommitted. The pagination is: pp.585 - Old Testament; [2pp.]/pp.188 - New Testament; pp.281 - 290 - Indexed Atlas. ** Samuel Bagster, the elder (1772-1851), founder of the… Read More