Auction No 376, Tag: Blackburn

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"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1851, with Blackburn associations

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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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