This listing is for the antique bible shown in absolutely stunning condition for age.  Embellished with over 2500 fine scripture illustrations.  Some illustrations from Gustave Dore and others.

 The original fraktur folk art penmanship shows the marriage of Joseph Esbenshade of Bird in Hand Pennsylvania, Lancaster Pa to Mary Bess of Martinsville Lancaster County Pennsylvania.

Excellent example of Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonite fraktur art inside a well preserved Bible.

Measures approx 10"x12"x4" thick,with shiny gold gilt page edges

Presentation page to Mary E. Hess by her parents December 12th 1881.

Superfine Edition
New Devotional and Explanatory Pictorial Family Bible
containing
Old and New Testaments, apocrypha, concordance, and psalms in metre

translated out of the original tongues, with all former translations diligently compared and revised

with illustrations of scenes and incidents of the Life of Christ; the Cities and Towns of the Bible; scenes in the life of St. Paul; topographical sketch of Jerusalem and the HOly Land; the Wandering in the wilderness; illustrations of the Tabernacle and Solomon's temple; scenes in the Lives of the patriarchs, prophets and kings of the old testament; illustrations of Bile Scenes and Incidents; animals, birds, insects, etc. of the bible; illustrations of the trees, plants and flowers of the bible, biographies of the reformers and martyrs, etc.

together with
Dr. Willia Smith's Dictionary of the Bible
in which Every Important scriptural word is fully explained
and
a complete hisotry of each book of the bible, beautifully illustrated, a history of all the religious denominations of the world, illustraions of the parables of Jesus and proverbs of solomon, history of the translation of the Bible, chronological an dother useful tables, treatises, maps, etc. designed to promote and facilitate the study of the sacred scriptures.

Name: Joseph H Ebenshade
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1857
Birth Place: United States of America
Death Date: 1924
Death Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Cemetery: Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.





CONDITION:  Very good condition for age with light scuffs and other light wear. See listing description and photos.































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