"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1851, with Blackburn associations
- Lot No:
- 66
- Auction No:
- 376
- Auction Date:
- Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 (Ended)
SOLD £40
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1851, 4to, full leather, gilt, bronze corners & clasp intact, wear to hinges and foot of backstrip; a.e.g.; gilt morocco presentation bookplate to Miss Eccles from members of the Mill Hill Sunday School, Blackburn; 20 tissue-guarded topographical engravings after W.H.Bartlett, the tissue-guards browned with spotting to the margins of some of the plates; clean text. Family Register completed for the period 1856-1899 commencing James Davenport Kelly’s marriage to Margaret Alice Eccles. VG