The Sacred Treasury Being Elucidations of Interesting Passages in the Sacred Volume Drawn from the Works of Celebrated Commentators and Travellers

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HB. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering & decs to spine & fnt.; blind-stamps decs to fnt & bck, Wear to edges, corners & joints; a few stains and abrasions. Gilt to all page-edges. Yellow eps.; the f.fep has an ex-owner's name and the date May 9/59 (so presumably mid-Victorian) and an old price. The title-page states "New Series"; followed by "Contents of Second Series" then 360 pages containing interesting or puzzling biblical passages, each followed by comments and explanation and then questions about each exposition. For example, one section is called "Itching Ears" and refers to a passage from Timothy. Other sections are "The Evil Eye",; "Marking the hands or arms in the East"; "The Revelation written by St. John", etc. Some refer to customs of biblical times. There is no list of illus., but there are two illus. Some tanning and light foxing. Book tight and fairly clean. N° de ref. del artículo 005154

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