Illustrated, large and heavy family Bible, printed and published by Albert Henry Payne in Leipzig. Dimensions: approx. 31.5x23x10.5cm. Weight: 5 kg. Used condition, age-related signs of wear, some loose sheets, partially stained.

Albert Henry Payne (* 14. December 1812 in London; † 7. May 1902 in Leipzig) was an English one steel engraver, painter, illustrator and publisher. Payne came to Germany at a young age. From 1839 he worked as a steel engraver, painter and illustrator in Leipzig. In 1845 he founded the publishing house with ET Brain English art institution, which he took over alone in 1846.It was one of the first companies in the printing trade to settle in Leipzig's Graphic Quarter. In 1861 Payne bought the four to five acre propertye property of the Great Cake Garden and had the so-called Gothic House built on it. The new house, later extended and remodeled, became the seat of the English Art Institute, which his son later continued as a publisher. Payne-Verlag was not deleted from the commercial register until 1952. The publishing house of the English Art Institute AH Payne devoted itself to steel and copper engraving, published illustrated family journals and calendars as well as music. The Payne's small score edition series was sold to Eulenburg Musikverlag in 1892 (see Wikipedia)