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We are offering a beautiful example of an antique Victorian Bible. The leather boards are deeply sculpted, skillfully tooled and lavishly gilded in gold leaf. The pages are edged in gold as well, all the way around this magnificent Bible.
The Binding is solid and the hinges are intact, please see photos. Almost no rubbing on corners and edges. This is a usable Victorian Bible.
As stated, it is quite large at 13 tall by 10 3/4 wide by 4 deep. It weighs 11 pounds.
Published by A. J. Holman in Philadelphia
There is no printing date. The last copyright is dated 1890
This Victorian Bible won many awards, mostly for it's beautiful illustrations and quality of it's binding. This explains the rare and excellent condition today.
- US Centennial Exposition 1876 - First premium awarded for elegantly bound and illustrated family bible
- Southern States Exposition, New Orleans 1876 - Two diplomas awarded for beautifully bound and illustrated family Bible
- Franklin Institute Exposition, Philadelphia 1874 - diploma awarded and honorable mention for elegantly illustrated family Bible
- Cincinnati Industrial Exposition 1874 - First premium silver medal for finely illustrated family Bible
- American Institute Exposition, New York City 1873 - Diploma and honorable mention for finely illustrated family Bible
- Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans 1885 - First premium and gold medal for elegantly bound and beautifully illustrated family Bible.
- National Export Exposition, Philadelphia 1899 - Highest award - a silver medal and diploma - for fine Family Bibles, Teacher's Bibles, etc., and Photograph albums
- The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia 1900 - The Edward Longstreth (Silver) Medal for originality of design and technical excellence
This Bible contains a staggering amount of reference material that was designed for teachers and students of the Bible, a partial list includes:
- The Old and New Testaments
- Revisers' Preface 1884
- Concordance of Psalms
- Contents of all the books of the Old and New Testaments
- Historical and chronological index to the entire world
- Full page steel engravings, many by Gustave Dore
- Dictionary of the Bible with several hundred engravings
- History of all religious denominations
- Chronological index
- Apendix
- Cities of the Bible
- Dates of the writing of the books of the New Testament
- History of the books of the New Testament
- The discourses of Jesus
- The Parables of Jesus
- Prophetic warnings and promises of our Lord ans Saviour
- The miracles of Jesus
- History of the English translations of the Bible
- Names and order of the books of the Old Testament
- Contents of the books of the Old and New Testaments
- Color maps of the Holy Lands
- Valuable chronological and misc. tables
- Kings and prophets of Judah and Israel
- Chronological table from creation to Jesus Christ
- Modern chronology from AD 102 to 1877
- Chronological genealogical table showing lineal descent from Adam to our Lord Jesus Christ
- Missionary travels of Saint Paul
- The names, characteristics, privileges and glory of the redeemed family of man
- Names and Titles Applied to the Holy Ghost
- Gallery of Scripture illustrations
- Complete list of the High Priests of the Hebrews
- Historical Illustrations of the Bible Text
- Illustrated history of the books of the Olds and New Testaments
- Dictionary of the Bible
- Coins, Money and Weights of the Bible
- A Self-Pronouncing Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names and Foreign words in the Bible, 3,500 entries
- Analytical Table and Harmony of Mosaic law
- Harmony of the Four Gospels
- History of Herod
- Synagogues and forms of worship
- General Officers of the American committee
- Chronological index to the Holy Bible
- Alphabetical table of proper names
- Practical Concordancee - Over 1,000 more words than any other quarto Bible
- Psalms of David in metre
- Index of metre
- Family Pages:
- Matrimony - Blank
- Marriage - Blank
- Births and deaths Blank
- Memorandum - Blank
- Temperance - Blank
There are thousands of engravings and color plates, many by Gustave Dore.
This Bible , again, is in great shape throughout. There have been a very few page edges professionally stabilized and the leather has been treated with a preservative to ensure long life. All materials used are Library of Congress compliant.
We always include additional preservative and instructions for it's use.
Treated properly this Bible will last many more generations.
Our packaging is first rate. Heavy duty PVC wrap immobilizes the pages and binding, a double, cross wrapped, layer of bubble wrap, taped with colored tape (helps in safely unwrapping), boxed with cushioning material and the box wrapped with strapping tape. Your Bible will arrive in top shape and our shipping time will make you smile.
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