Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments [with lectern]. >>MINIATURE BIBLE WITH LECTERN<< Publication Date: 1919 CONDITION: VERY GOOD

Title: Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments

Publisher: Oxford University Press. American Branch

Publication Date: 1919

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

876 printed pages on finest India paper. 28 full-page line illustrations of testament scenes reduced from designs by Charles Bell Birch, A.R.A. (1832-93) with permission of Messrs S. Bagster & Son. It contains notes on the Shakespeare family records and facsimiles of the entries in the parish register, Stratford Upon Avon, included between Old & New Testaments. 'Licence' to Nimmo Hay and Mitchell on verso title-page indicates 1919 as publication date. All edges red (very slightly marked). 36 x 50 mm. Original brown calf in the antique style, blind-stamped in imitation of 16th century binding. Holy Bible in gilt on spine. Magnifying glass in front cover pocket. Chained with original metal links to wooden Lectern, 8.5 x 15.4 cm. Paper printed label on shelf above pedestal, describes it as a facsimile of those chained bibles found in some English Cathedrals (slightly worn). This particular example is in unusually good condition, more often found rubbed or defective. It was originally sold in a red cardboard box with a printed label - but this rarely survives and sadly not present here. Bondy, 109. Bromer/Edison, 77. Spielmann, 25. Welsh, 566.  OCLC, 1013974681. WorldCat locates 1 copy worldwide (Iowa University library). Seller Inventory # 2578