Author: Rev. Alexander Fletcher
Title: The Devotional Family Bible with Practical and Experimental Reflections on Each of the Old and New Testament and Rich Marginal References
Description: London, George Virtue, c1880. Leather. A comprehensive family bible, profusely illustrated with ninety-seven plates across both volumes. Edited by Reverend Alexander Fletcher. Illustrated throughout, with forty plates to vol I and fifty seven plates to volume II. An engraved title page per volume. Undated, dated using Copac. Alexander Fletcher was a Scottish kirk minister and a Congregationalist divine in England. He wrote many devotional works. In uniform calf bindings. Externally, generally smart with rubbing to the spines and joints. A few marks to boards. rubbing to spines is mostly to the head and tail. Small chips to spine labels. Cracks to the joints of volume I resulting in the front hinge being weak and rear hinge tender. Cracks to the tail of both joints to volume II. Hinges to volume II are tender. Lacking front endpapers to volume I. Engraved title page has been damaged to volume I, lacking the top portion affecting readability. Prior owner's inscription has been coloured over to engraved title page. Small ink spill to the head of final twenty pages of volume I, not affecting text. Creasing to the title page and endpapers to volume II. Tape repairs to the first few pages of volume II. Prior owner's inscription covered to the verso of front endpaper to volume II. Internally, works are firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned. Several small closed tears to plates throughout volume II, not affecting image. The odd marks to pages. Plates to both volumes have small tidemarks to the tail of pages and spots. Tissue guard to start of volume I has an ink spill. Instances of marks to pages and occasional spots throughout, not affecting the text. Good . Ill.: Unamed. Good .

Keywords: Leather Illustrated Bible Alexander Fletcher Illustrated Unamed


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