1873 Women in Sacred History, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1st ed

New York, J.B. Ford and Company, 1873 1st ed Women in Sacred History Harriet Beecher Stowe. Illustrated Mary Bible EXQUISITE HUGE Leather Book with Famous Art!

A series of biographical sketches, a history of Womanhood Under Divine Culture, tending toward the development of that high ideal of woman which we find in modern Christian countries. All the characters comprised in these sketches belong to one nationality. Harriet Beecher Stowe Known mostly for her cultural defining work Uncle Tom s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe presents a female-empowering religious text.

Stowe herself said that she intended all of her writings to have religious tones, but especially the non-fiction titles.

This fine first edition includes 25 chromolithograph engravings depicting famous women from the Bible including, Leah and Rachel, Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and many more!

Illustrated with twenty-five chromolithographs, after paintings by Raphael, Batoni, Horace Vernet . and others.

25 chromolithograph illustrations Sarah the princess, Hagar the slave -- Rebekah the bride -- Leah and Rachel -- Miriam, sister of Moses -- Deborah the prophetess -- Delilah the destroyer -- Jephthah's daughter -- Ruth the Moabitess -- Hannah the praying mother -- Abigail, wife of David -- The witch of Endor -- Jezebel, the heathen queen -- The little maid of Israel -- Queen Esther -- Judith the deliverer -- Mary the mythical Madonna -- Mary the mother of Jesus -- The woman of Samaria -- The widow of Nain -- Mary Magdalene -- The daughter of Herodias -- Martha and Mary -- The widow's mite -- Women of the Apostolic church.