john mfarlane (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. New York, 1857; brown embossed cloth covered boards; heavy corner wear with board exposed; spine edges frayed; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; ink stamp on front paste-down; interior notations; light foxing; 352 pages.

7th edition. Based on a series of lectures originally published in 1848. Pp.viii/400/16(publisher's catalogue), engraved frontispiece + 3 further full page engravings. Purple cloth, gilt roundel title to front, gilt title to spine, spine sunned. G+.

Half black marocco. Raised bands to spine bordered in gilt, gilt lettering and decoration. 132 x 23 cm. 4 pages of Family Register: Children's Names and Marriages infilled on one line and dated 1876 and 1912. Coloured map to frontis. Some occasional foxing throughout. Edges slightly rubbed otherwise a very good copy of this very heavy book.

Collins Edition. Good copy only in gilt-blocked leather with brass detailing. Spine bands worn with some loss. Clasp arms missing. Front board loose but present. Internally text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Physical description: 1275, 48 pages. Subjects: Bible. Religious works. 19th century Religious works. Family Bibles. 4 Kg.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Zustand: Very Good. Date found in Library Hub. Elaborate colour half title page with tissue guard and simple royal coat of arms. Full black leather, very slight wear to boards, with small (1cm) shallow chip to bottom edge of front board. Decorated in blind to both boards. Raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Elaborate gilt dentelles. All edges red-gilt. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Colour frontis with guard. 7 plates of coloured maps, 2 maps per plate. 15 coloured plates, 7 with guard. 32 plates with 2 photos apiece, of which 1 has a guard, 1 has one photo in black and white, 1 has a facsimile of the photographed inscription along with translation and 1 has a small colour illustrated landscape rather than a 2nd photo, for a total of 62 photographs. Some guards loose. Between Old and New Testament are 8 unfilled pages to record family events. Pages numbered 1249-1276 appear to be an abridged excerpt from Dr. Cox's Manual of Biblical Antiquities and contains 17 text illustrations. The following Cyclopaedia (104pp) has 48 text illustrations. A very attractive sound square robust Family Bible. Size: 944,288,12,1249-1276,104pp, 34 x 27 cm. No ownership marks.

Hardcover. Zustand: g to g+. First edition. Folio (13 3/4" x 10 1/2"). 1276pp. Original blind-stamped leather with gold borders on front and rear cover, gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Blue ribbon marker. Frontispiece; lithgraphic title-page; variant title-page, stating "London: James Sangster & Co., 36 Paternoster Row." This 1858 edition of the Family Bible was the first to include lengthy parallel passages, which suggest the appropriate meaning of the text. In general, the marginal references simply used to indicate the chapter and verse, here these important notes, "comparing spiritual things with spiritual," are quoted at length. The condensed comments by Matthew Henry and Thomas Scott constitute the principal value of this edition. Illustrated with 31 full-page tinted lithographed landscapes after drawings by David Roberts, 5 maps, 1 plan of ancient Jerusalem and its environs, as well as a family index. Index partly filled-in with handwritten list of names of the "George King" family with birth dates. Lithographed plates protected by tissue guards. Six-page section Alphabetical order of the proper names in the Old and New Testaments with the meaning of the words in the original languages and 28 pages Summary of Biblical Antiquities in rear (that section illustrated with some b/w in-text illustrations). Age wear, scuffing and some staining on binding. Tail of spine bumped and worn, wear to corners and parts of edges. Some fading and scratching on gilt edges. Hinges starting. Name and address of previous owner on blank leaf in front. 3" uneven tear on upper margin of Jericho plate, not affecting image. Sporadic foxing throughout, some pages creased. 5" closed tear on last five leaves (three text and two blank leaves). Binding in good, interior (besides torn leaves) in good+ condition. Complete with all maps and plates.