Collin's Pictorial Family Bible. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorized Version with the Marginal Readings and Parallel References Printed at Length and the Commentaries of Henry and Scott Condensed by the Rev. John McFarlane, LL.D. Glasgow, and a Compact Biblical Dictionary by the Rev. John Eadie, D.D.LL.D. With a Scripture Atlas and a Series of Illustrations of the Lands of the Bible. In Cromo-Lithography from Photographs Taken Expressly from This Work. Glasgow: William Collins, MDCCCLXIII (1863).
A stunning beautiful antique King James Bible, very attractively presented in a remarkable contemporary fine binding intricately tooled in gilt with some blindstamped designs. This edition is also very nice with coloured illustrations and maps.
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Size: 270 x 344 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[frontis, t.p., t.p., 2pp., 944pp., 4pp. (births, deaths, marriages), frontis, t.p., pp.3-288, 10pp. (Scripture Chronology), 1pp. (Prophecies), pp.1249-1276 (Biblical Antiquities), 48pp. (Biblical Cyclopaedia)]
Full brown morocco with decorative gilt and blind stamped designs to boards and spine. A beautiful copy of the Bible indeed. Binding lightly rubbed and scuffed with some curved indents to the front board. Both boards attached with rubbing along joints and the front hinge cracked. Shelf and edge wear. Corners very lightly turned-in. All page edges gilt with light scratches. No attached bookplates or ownership inscriptions. Endpapers foxed. Text block very clean with light edge toning and occasional foxing. Plates with some foxing, as often.
