THE // ENGLISH VERSION // OF THE // POLYGLOT BIBLE; // CONTAINING THE // OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS: // WITH A COPIOUS AND // ORIGINAL SELECTION OF REFERENCES // TO // PARALLEL AND ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGES. // with Cruden’s Concordance
London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, undated; [c. 1860]. Binding: “Bagster’s” binding of full deep maroon blind embossed pebbled calf, spine flat in six matching blind embossed compartments with gilt title on two, all edges gilt and brown gilt bordered pasted endpapers. Lower clasp missing. , Notes: The Heyworth family was a prominent family of wool manufacturers in Lancashire, England, that exported to Spain and Portugal. The family also had interests and investments in railways. Lawrence Heyworth became director of Midland Railway and was elected to the House of Commons as one of two MP’s for the Derby constituency. Heyworth authored works, one on the origin of man, on suffrage, and a number on taxation and taxation laws. , Size: 12o (163x104mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with hand-coloured maps. , Provenance: Two ex libris: “Ormerod Heyworth // 21 April 1863 upper endpaper; with manuscript notations on following upper endpapers. Ormerod Heyworth // 21 April 1863. // from Law. Heyworth // + Susan (?) – Heyworth on blind page preceding the New Testament. , Category: Book Religious Christianity. text and illustrations clean and crisp; in very good condition. Item #B5694
Price: $375.00