Two 19th Century Religious Items, Retablo and Bible

to include: a Mexican retablo depicting Christ in a landscape with cross, crown of thorns, and lilies, oil on tin, unsigned and unframed; THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK: AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. New York: American Bible Society, 1847. 26th edition. Hardcover in black leather covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt stamped patterns, all edges gilt. 8vo.
Retablo 14 1/8 x 10 in.; Bible 9 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.
From the Estate of the late International Interior Designer Terry Parsons, Pittsboro, North Carolina
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Retablo with paint losses, scratches, and dents; numerous perforations, mostly along the edge from previous display; areas of rust, mostly at corners; chipping and bending to metal along edge; general wear, mark, and sticker residue en verso. Book with significant wear to boards with browning, edgewear, small losses, rubbing to title and pattern, front cover completely detached, back cover partially detached; fragile hinges and taped repairs to several pages at hinges; minor loss to endpapers; foxing throughout and slight soiling, significant rubbing to gilt edges, writing on front free endpaper.