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Description
The following is printed on the first and second pages. Punctuation is exactly as printed:
First page -
THE PEOPLE’S STANDARD EDITION OF THE HOLLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, AND THE APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS,
Translated from the Hebrew and Greek, and carefully compared with former Translations;
TEXT CONFORMABLE WITH THE STANDARD OF THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY:
TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE CONCORDANCE, THE PSALMS IN METRE, NEARLY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MARGINAL READINGS AND REFERENCES, AND A HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE UPON THE LITERATURE, HISTORY AND INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE, EXHAUSTIVE TABULAR AIDS AND A CONCISE HISTORY OF ALL THE DENOMINATIONS AND SECTS IN EVERY AGE OF THE WORLD:
ALSO, ILLUSTRATIVE MAPS, FULL PAGE STEEL ENGRAVINGS, AND A GALLERY OF OVER FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS, EMBRACING SCRIPTURAL SCENES AND EVENTS FROM THE CREATION TO THE CLOSE OF THE CANON, AND REPRESENTING BIBLICAL ARCHITECTURE, CUSTOMS, ARTS, SCIENCES, RITES, COINS, WRITINGS, BOTANY AND NATURAL HISTORY.
ALSO, A COMPLETE PRONOUNCING AND DEFINING DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE. THE WHOLE PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS EDITION
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.: P. W. ZIEGLER & CO., 518 ARCH STREET
Second Page -
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by ZIEGLER & McCURDY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
Category
Books and Manuscripts
Medium
Paper
Condition
Good
Size and dimensions of this item
10” x 12.5” x 3.5” thick
Date Period
1872
Weight
11.5 lbs.
History
Bible was given to me by my parents whose hobby was buying antiques throughout the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
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