Rare Books And Art: The Christian's Family bible; or, Library of Divine Knowledge

Full with fantastic and dramatic engravings.

**** As described on the title page: ****

The Christian's Family bible

or,

Library of Divine Knowledge

Containing the sacred texts of the

Old and New Testaments,

with the

Apocrypha, At Large.

Illustrated with

short, but suitable, annotations,

historical, chronological, biographical, geographical, theological, moral and practical.

In which many difficult passages are rendered clear, seeming contradictions reconciled, and important truths confirmed; calculated to dispel the mists of darkness, enlighten the ignorant, encourage the diffident, reclaim the vicious, reconcile the doubtful, lead the wavering into the paths of truth, and implant in the mind of every reader that divine knowledge which is essentially necessary to salvation.

Being a brief explanation of the various books in

the Old and New Testaments.

And as a farther illustration will be given,

A chronological index of transactions from Adam to the time of our blessed saviour;

A geographical index of places mentioned in the Holy Scriptures;

A Brief account of the apostles and their successors, who propagated the Christian religion, by presiding over the Apostolic Churches of Antioch, Jerusalem, &c.

The whole forming a

Body of Christian Divinity.

The notes are selected from the most eminent and approved Authors, and are designed to assist plain Persons, who cannot purchase more expensive commentaries, in gaining a knowledge of Divine Truth.

Revised and corrected by the Rev. James Wood.

Embellished and enriched with engravings, illustrative of the various transactions recorded in the sacred writings.

Liverpool,

Printed and Published by Nuttall, Fisher and Dixon.

1810

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Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, Dixon, and Gibson, Liverpool

A most interesting Bible with very captivating engravings throughout. I have not counted each engraving but there are at least 30 if not more. Each engraving is full page size and beautifully detailed.

It appears that the Bible has been carefully rebound at some point. The binding is very tight, there is not a single loose page. The pages are in very good condition. some have frayed edges and there are a few that have small dears along the edges. There is foxing throughout, although generally the pages are clean and the print is crisp.

The New Testament, published in 1811

The engraving are simply magnificent! None of the engravings has a date but all have been published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool.

Each engraving is full size, i.e. has its own page. There is a total of at least 40 engravings. As I did not want to disturb the pages and the still very tight binding too much I have not counted each engraving.