BINDING SAMPLE BOOK FOR THE BIBLE. ~ The Holy Bible. According to the Authorized Version, with the marginal readings and parallel references, printed at length and the Commentaries of Henry and Scott, condensed by the Rev. John McFalane LLD.
Glasgow, Edinburgh & London
William Collins, Sons & Company
c.1871
34 sample pages which show pages three different versions of the Bible published by William Collins with three title pages, chromolithograph and steel-engraved plates, coloured maps and family record pages printed in red, as well as some pages of text. Sm. folio, bound in full leather both blind embossed and gilt tooled with four different covers show on both the outside of the binding and on both pastedowns, each with a different price tooled in gilt between 38 and 55/- (shillings).
A remarkable survival and fascinating insight into the importance of choosing a family Bible and how the options were presented to the plentiful customers.
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