Holy Bible. With a Devotional and Practical Commentary -
Rev. R Jamieson, Rev. E. H. Bickersteth
Circa 1860 - James S. Virtue, London - First Edition to include Jamieson and Bickersteth’s commentaries
Two massive and powerfully illustrated folios containing the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, Translations and Paraphrases. In contemporary full calf bindings.
With two additional steel engraved illustrated title pages, family register sheets (without entry), thirty-seven steel engraved plates, and two colour maps, together with a loose engraving of Glasgow Cathedral, The Reverend Jamieson (1802–80) was minister of St John's Church in Glasgow before becoming Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the highest position in the Scottish Church. Volume I - The Old Testament - Genesis to Esther. Volume II - The Old Testament -Job to Malachi; The New Testament; followed by Psalms, Translations and Paraphrases.
Rev. Robert Jamieson (1802–80). Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth (1825-1906), incumbent of Christ Church, Hampstead (he kept this position from 1855 to 1885), then went on to become Dean of Gloucester in 1885 and in the same year was appointed Bishop of Exeter.
Two folio volumes (binding size 38.1x28.5x15), pp. [2] [4 (family record)] [2 (title)] viii 730 [2]; [2] 459 [1 (Chronological Tables)]; iv 423 [1 (ind3ex)]; iv 60 [2] Finely bound in full black calf, spine with gilt lettering and decorated in gilt and blind, boards with decorative gilt borders enclosing blind decorated panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Condition: Fine but for some light foxing to endpapers, and offsetting to tissue guards, in near fine bindings, some rubbing to borders and bumping to corners. Ref: 112450 Price: HK$ 38,000
With two additional steel engraved illustrated title pages, family register sheets (without entry), thirty-seven steel engraved plates, and two colour maps, together with a loose engraving of Glasgow Cathedral, The Reverend Jamieson (1802–80) was minister of St John's Church in Glasgow before becoming Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the highest position in the Scottish Church. Volume I - The Old Testament - Genesis to Esther. Volume II - The Old Testament -Job to Malachi; The New Testament; followed by Psalms, Translations and Paraphrases.
Rev. Robert Jamieson (1802–80). Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth (1825-1906), incumbent of Christ Church, Hampstead (he kept this position from 1855 to 1885), then went on to become Dean of Gloucester in 1885 and in the same year was appointed Bishop of Exeter.
Two folio volumes (binding size 38.1x28.5x15), pp. [2] [4 (family record)] [2 (title)] viii 730 [2]; [2] 459 [1 (Chronological Tables)]; iv 423 [1 (ind3ex)]; iv 60 [2] Finely bound in full black calf, spine with gilt lettering and decorated in gilt and blind, boards with decorative gilt borders enclosing blind decorated panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Condition: Fine but for some light foxing to endpapers, and offsetting to tissue guards, in near fine bindings, some rubbing to borders and bumping to corners. Ref: 112450 Price: HK$ 38,000