Author: 19TH CENTURY BIBLE - AUTHORISED VERSION .
Title: The Holy Bible, Cotaining The Old And New Testaments: Translated Out Of The Original Tongues: And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised, By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed To Be Read In Churches.
Description: Oxford: Printed At The University Press. Sold By E. Gardner And Son, At The Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, And By G. B. Whittaker And Co. Ave-Maria Lane, London; Also By J. And C. Mozley, Derby, M.DCCC.XLVIII. [ 1848 ] . 0. Thick Pulpit-size Bible. English Medium 4to. 13.0" x 10.5" x 3.75" This substantial book weighs 14lbs (6.35kg) . A very good full leather binding by 'Hayday'. Polished black calf with gilt decorated borders. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and gilt title: "Holy Bible". Edges rubbed and bumped . All page edges gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Small binder's stamp to verso of the front board: "Bound By Hayday". Original yellow endpapers. Inner hinges carefully strengthened and endpapers repaired. Two leaves of parchment (vellum) inserted before the New Testament title-page (lightly foxed). Neat handwritten dedication to the parchment to Joseph Allen Galbraith on the occasion of his marriage to Hannah Maria Bredin at the Church of St Nicholas, Galway from Samuel Haughton dated 16th July 1850, plus further family details of the Galbraith Family.

Keywords: Samuel Haughton Joseph Allen Galbraith Hannah Maria Bredin at the Church of St Nicholas, Galway Oxford: Printed at the University Press E. Gardner and Son Bibles: : 19th Century


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