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14. Bible. JAMIESON (Robert) & BICKERSTETH (Edward...

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14. [Bible]. JAMIESON (Robert) & BICKERSTETH (Edward Henry). The Holy Bible with a devotional and practical commentary. London, J. S. Virtue, n.d. (ca. 1859). Fort in-4, viii, 730 p., 460 p., iv, 424 p., pl. maps, black chagrin on wood, very richly decorated with gilding on the spine and on the boards, gilded edges, interior lace. Impressive bible by its binding, its size and its weight, illustrated with 3 fronts, 3 title-fronts, 35 steel-engraved plates and a map. The copy also contains two lithographed sheets for family events which deliver 4 pages of handwritten genealogical entries on the descendants of William Brooks and Martha Unicume from the birth of their first child in 1859. Binding a bit rubbed, two split ends, other minor defects.