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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Covers are wine color embossed leather with gilt Holy Bible at the center and 7 raised illustrations representing Luke, Mark, John Temple, Parting of David & Jonathan, Money changers driven out, Noah leaving the ark, Jesus death (?). Covers 1/2 thick with ornate edging. Edges are rubbed and has some fraying. Spine has 5 raised bands, 6 gilt rectangles with: The Parallel Bible in 2nd rectangle, Bible Dictionary and Cities of the Bible in fifth rectangle and 2000 illustrations at bottom of spine. Two ornate nickel clasps at the front. Pages edges are dull gilt. Binding is tight. Content is clean. EPPs are dark blue moire. First free page has a light crack along the spine and is detached (2 inches long). Small stain at the lower corner of 2nd free page. Presentation page is richly colored & illustrated. Name is slightly faded but still legible and has the date of 1889. Frontispiece in color, has the Word of the Lord in Red/White/Blue on gold background. Next page is an ink drawing of Joseph sold by his brethren. Thick paper protecting pictures. Next page is the Red and black Title page. Includes: Names & order of all the Books of the Old & New Testaments with the number of their chapters. Colored Maps. Biographical sketches of the Translators & Reformers, Scholars who rendered the Bible into the English Language. In the back, 4 pages of Family Portraits. First page has Austin Thomas portrait, 2nd page Seth Thomas portrait are inserted. Pages 3 & 4 never had any portraits inserted. Heavy tanning on pages' edges. There is some dried flowers between pages 86/87. 0ver 2000 Engraving on Steel, Wood and in Colors. 12.5 x 10 x 5 inches. 15 lbs. NO OVERSEAS SHIPPING.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. None Ilustrador. A collection of three smart histories of the Southwark Cathedral, with illustrations. Three volumes. This set contains: The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour Southwark, 1898. With thirty-two illustrations. A detailed and comprehensive history of the Southwark Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, a Church of England cathedral in Southwark, London. Providing a tour of the interior, historical summary, commentary on the founding of the church, and a chapter on the choir. Written by Canon Thompson, the rector and chancellor of the cathedral. The Story of Southwark Cathedral in Fourteen Chapters, c1920. With a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. Providing chapters on the general history, story of the nave, figures in the screen, choir aisles, and chapter house, amongst other features. Written by Reverend Thomas Primmett Stevens, the vicar of St. Matthew's Church in Southwark. The Story of Southwark Cathedral, 1933. With a colour frontispiece and sixteen plates. Collated complete. With chapters on the cathedral under Saxon and Norman rule, learning practices, the reigns of Edward III, Henry VIII, and Queen Elizabeth I, as well as the Reformation, revolutions, and revival. Written by Horace Munroe, Sub-Dean. The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour Southwark is bound in the original quarter cloth binding with paper boards while the other volumes are bound in the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpapers. Very Good. book.