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Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra, sive Libri Canonici Priscae Judaiorum Ecclesiae a Deo Traditi, Latini recens ex Hebreao facti, brevibusque Scholiis illustrati ab Immanuele Tremellio, et Francisco Junio. Accesserunt libri qui vulgo dicuntur Apocyphi, Latine redditi, et Notis quibusdam aucti a Francisco Junio. Multo omnes quam ante emendatus editi et aucti locis innumeris : quibus etiam adjunximus Novi Testamenti libros ex sermone syro ab eodem Tremellio, et ex Graeco a Theodoro Beza in Latinum verso, Notisque itidem illustratos. Tertia Cura Francisci Junii.
Hanoviae: Impensis Andreae Wecheli heredum, Claudii Marnii, et Ioannis Aubrii, 1596. [Latin Bible] THIRD THUS. Folio in sixes (35 x 23cm), pp.[12] 177 [1]; [6] 292 numbered leaves [2]; 74 numbered leaves [2]; [2] 448 [16]. In a nineteenth century full brown calf binding, recently re-backed with the original spine..... More
The Christian's Family Bible; or, Library of Divine Knowledge. Containing the Sacred Texts of the Old and New Testaments; with the Apocrypha, at Large. Illustrated with Short, but Suitable, Annotations, Historical, Chronological, Biographical, Geographical, Theological, Moral, and Practical. In which many difficult Passages are rendered clear, seeming Contradictions reconciled, and important Truths confirmed; calculated to dispel the Mists of Darkness, enlighten the Ignorant, encourage the Diffident, reclaim the Vicious, reconcile the Doubtful, lead the Wavering into the Paths of Truth, and implant in the Mind of every Reader that Divine Knowledge which is essentially necessary to Salvation. Being a Brief Explanation of the Various Books in the Old and New Testaments. And, as a Farther Illustration, will be given, a Chronological Index of Places mentioned in the Holy Scriptures; a Brief Account of the Apostles and their Successors, who propagated the Christian Religion, by presiding over the Apostolic Churches of Antioch, Jerusalem, etc. The Whole Forming a Body of Christian Divinity. Notes are selected from the most eminent and approved Authors, and are designed to assist plain Persons, who cannot purchase more expensive commentaries, in gaining Knowledge of Divine Truth. Embellished and Enriched with Engravings, illustrative of the various Transactions recorded in the Sacred Writings.
Liverpool: Caxton Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, no date [circa 1840]. [Bible] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Folio (41 x 26cm), pp.[2] 960 [2]. With 45 engraved plates by various artists, including an engraved frontispiece and a decorated title page. Plates dated variously between 1815 and 1839. Contemporary tan..... More
The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; Translated out of the Original Greek; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1818. [New Testament] CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Very small octavo (9 x 5cm), unpaginated, containing the whole New Testament in very small print to thin paper. Contemporary horizontal-grained brown full morocco, with gilt titles to spine and extensive blind decoration all over. All edges gilt, with..... More
The New Testament, Of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. With Engravings on Wood from Designs of Fra Angelico, Pietro Perugino, Francesco Francia, Lorenzo Di Credi, Fra Bartolommeo, Titian, Raphael, Gaudenzio Ferrari, Daniel Di Volterra, and Others.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865. BOUND BY FAZAKERLEY. Post Quarto. pp. xvi, 540. With 60 wood engravings by the named artists, as well as ubiquitous marginal ornamentation. In full black morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Blind decoration to spine and boards. All edges..... More
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