The Women of the Old Testament. Meditations on Some Traits of Feminine Character Recorded in Sacred History
London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi (i), 88pp., 12 plates. Original blind- and black-stamped leather with floral and decorative motifs and gilt lettering on covers, black-stamped tooling on spine; raised bands. Bound by R. & A. Suttaby, London. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece original albumen print. Title page with black frame. Decorative initials. Selected from the works of Bishop Hall, Bishop Andrews, Calvin, Lightfoot and other writers. Illustrated with twelve albumen prints, printed by Stangeways & Walden, after Raffaelle, Guido, Guercino, Ary Scheffler, Delaroche, and other masters. Original prints pasted to cream borders with printed captions. Minor wear along edges of binding, minor chips along front joint. Library plate of Norman Rosen pasted to decorative front endpaper. Very light foxing to endpapers and fly leaves. Very good+ to near fine condition. Item #50294
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