(BIBLE IN ENGLISH) The Illuminated Bible Containing the Old

Sale 2505 - Lot 35

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(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) The Illuminated Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. 2 frontispiece plates, 3 engraved additional title pages in red and black, 3 engraved color-printed family register leaves, hundreds of engravings in the text. [4], 844, 128, [2], 256, 4, 8, 14, 34 pages. Folio, later full morocco, minor wear, gilt-stamped with name of owner Charles Eldredge Eager on front board; internally quite nice; color-printed title pages, contents leaf in black and blue, 2 manuscript Eager family entries on register leaves, 1891 and 1898. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1846

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A landmark finely illustrated Bible; the illustrations took 6 years and $20,000 to complete. "A remarkable production for its time and place, and retains its importance in the annals of American book-making"--Weitenkampf, Boston Public Library Quarterly, July 1958, page 155. Hills 1161.