Cottage Bible
And
Author of The Age of Infidelity In Answer To ( Thomas ) Paine
To Which Are Added
Embellished
Edited By William Patton
1841
177 Years Old
Illustrated with Maps & Engravings
( see list below ).
List of the Engravings :
*** Nice Condition ***
Just minor binding wear, light rubbing to the leather.
The
Family Expositor
Containing The
Old And New Testaments
With Practical Expositions and Explanatory Notes
By
Thomas Williams
[ etc. ]
The References and Marginal Readings Of The Polyglott Bible
Together With Original Notes and Selections From
Bagster's Comprehensive Bible
And Other Standard Works
Introductory and Concluding Remarks on Each Book of the Bible
And A Valuable Chronological Index
The Whole Carefully Revised and Adapted To The Use Of
Sunday Schools and Bible Classes
And Christians Generally
With
Maps and Engravings
In Two Volumes, Vol. I
Published By Case , Tiffany And Burnham
Hartford ( Connecticut )
Hardcover.
Antique Full Leather Binding.
Full Green Morocco Leather.
Stamped & Gilt Binding Decoration.
Raised Spine Bands.
Marbled Page Edges.
Marbled Endpapers.
A high quality antique fine leather binding.
7.25" x 10.75"
736 pages, plus Many Engravings & Maps.
The Holy Bible , in a Large Leather Binding
King James version
( Authorized version )
Please Note that this is Volume I of II only, containing Genesis through the Song Of Solomon ( inclusive
)
Extensive Notes at the foot of Each Page, explaining the text.
The Expositions and Explanatory Notes in this Bible are by Thomas Williams
Williams is noteworthy for writing The Age of Infidelity as a response to Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason
.
[ Williams defended the Old and New Testaments against Paine's attacks ]
Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809) , Intellectual, scholar, revolutionary and idealist ; widely recognized as one of the
founding fathers of the United States of America
At the rear are Maps :
1. Map of the Journeyings of the Israelites from Egypt to the Land of Canaan
2. The Eastern Countries mentioned by Moses
3. Canaan as originally inhabited , with the Adjacent Country , Aram, &c.
1. Scripture Genealogy from Adam to Christ
From a work by J. Matin , depicting all the generations from Adam to Jesus Christ
2. Cain and Abel
Cain murdering his brother Abel ; Genesis 4
3. Noah
Genesis 8
4. Abraham and the Three Angels
Genesis 18
5. Lot retiring from Sodom
Lot and his family fleeing the city of Sodom, as it is destroyed ; Genesis 19
6. Abraham 's Faith
Isaac , Abraham's son , is spared, and a sacrifice is provided by God ; Genesis 22
7. Jacob's Dream
Jacob surrounded by numerous Angels ; Genesis 28
8. Joseph and his Brethren
Young Joseph is sold by his own brothers into slavery for 20 pieces of silver ; Genesis 37
9. Inside the Tabernacle and Prophetic Blessing of Jacob upon his Sons
Exodus 25 & 26
10. Outside the Tabernacle and its Coverings and The Tabernacle with the Court and Camp
Exodus 26 & 27
11. Return of the Spies
The Jewish spies return with grapes , pomegranates and figs ; Numbers 8
12. Balaam and the Angel
The angel of the Lord blocks the path of Balaam, but he fails to see ; Numbers 22
13. Jephthah
Jephthah dancing ; Judges 11
14. Samson carrying off the Gates of Gaza
Judges 16:3
15. Delilah and Samson
Delilah cuts mighty Samson's hair, and his strength leaves him ; Judges 16
16. Solomon blessing Israel
King Solomon , son of David , blesses the gathered people of Israel ; 1 Kings 8
17. Elisha restoring the Shunammite's Son
The prophet Elisha prays to God, who restores life to a woman's dead son ; 2 Kings 4
18. Hezekiah
King Hezekiah in the house of the Lord ; 2 Kings 19
The leather remains in Very Good Condition, with just light wear.
The covers remain very well attached, with no splitting in the leather.
The spine leather is in very good condition, with no chips.
[ see the photos ]
The hinges are tight.
Old ink name inscribed on the front blank endpaper, and at the head of the title-page.
(" James S. Taylor , 17 Park Place , Newark , New Jersey ")
[ this was probably James S. Taylor ( 1786 - 1873 ) who is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery , Newark , New Jersey ]
No other writing.
No markings.
Just light foxing.
Spot of damage at the head of the "Tabernacle" engravings ( about the size of a nickel coin ), and the same at the upper
margin of just a few pages thereafter.
The pages are otherwise in clean and in nice condition, throughout.
The binding recently treated with Bookbinder's Preservative-Restorer to replenish essential oils and help preserve the
antique leather.
177 Years Old
Carefully Packed for Shipment to the Buyer.
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