"The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together With the Apocrypha, Translated Out of the Original Tongues, together with the Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms, With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, The Text Conformable to the Original Edition of the Year of Our Lord 1610, and the American Bible Society’s Original Standard Edition of 1816."

Published by William W. Harding, Philadelphia, 1871. With several plates by Gustave Dore and Alexandre Bida.

The Bible also contains fully illustrated A New and Complete Pronouncing Bible Dictionary (145 pages); and photo album. The family record is blank.

Illustrations:
lithographed and hand colored additional title pages to Old and New Testaments; 12 plates on heavy paper to Old Testament and c. 10 plates to New Testament- mainly Gustave Dore (signed in plate), a few plates by Alexandre Bida. The plates are on heavy paper with blank versos.

Hard boards, blind and gold tooled leather [wear: see photos]; gilt page edges; 9.1/2" x 12"; c. 3.3/4" thick; 1032 pages + Concordance [41 pages] + Psalms in Metre (22 pages). Two (2) pages of Pronouncing Bible Dictionary are loose and have heavy edge wear, damages & creases, one Genesis page has c.3/4" long crease on top edge, [see photos] there are several photos including tins in the photo album; a few surface creases of the photo album [see photos]. Very good condition.

Gustave Dore (1832-1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. Dore's incredible, prolific artwork established him as one of the most talented and recognizable artists and illustrators of the 19th century. Throughout his career and long after his death the demand for his work remains and is, thus, ever increasing. Finding early editions in good condition of titles containing his work is ever difficult.

Alexandre Bida (1813-1895) was a French painter specialized in Orientalism. He studied under Eugene Delacroix, but with an artist's eye for precision and perfection, he soon developed his own style. During Bida's youth, he traveled and worked in Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, and Palestine. He became well known for his exhibition shows during the period between 1847 and 1861. He was also an illustrator of the Holy Bible. As a Bible illustrator, Bida's Les Saints Evangeles was published in 1873. In it, the four gospels were enriched by his twenty-eight etchings. Of Bida's work, it was said that he brought a truth and genius that made his Christ reverent, refined, dignified, and strong.

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