Holy Bible: Containing the King James and the Revised Versions of the Old and New Testaments, Arranged in Parallel Columns, with a Complete Concordance, Embracing Every Passage of Scripture in the Largest Editions, and Dr. Wm. Smith's Bible Dictionary, i…

128, 1018, viii, 16, [8], 15, [14], [1025]-1338, 101, [1], 36. Original full leather, embossed boards, gilt titles & decorations, decorative metal clasps, all edges gilt. An attractively bound Holy Bible with more extra content and illustrations than most editions, including the apocrypha. Contains Dr. William Smith's standard Bible dictionary, color plates, a chromolithographic title page preceding the standard printed title page, engraved illustrations throughout. Full title: Holy Bible: Containing the King James and the Revised Versions of the Old and New Testaments, Arranged in Parallel Columns, with a Complete Concordance, Embracing Every Passage of Scripture in the Largest Editions, and Dr. Wm. Smith's Bible Dictionary, in which every important scriptural word is fully explained. A complete history of all the books of the Bible, beautifully illustrated; 100,000 marginal references and readings; cities and towns of the Bible; manners and customs of the ancients; Bible aids for social and private prayer; the history of the translation of the Bible; the tabernacle and Solomon's Temple; scenes in the life of Christ and the life of St. Paul; a gallery of fine scripture illustrations, etc., etc., to which is added a comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture; with an account of the priesthood, and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. the whole embellished with 2000 scripture illustrations on steel, wood, and in colors. (Self-Pronouncing Edition. in which all the proper names are divided, accented, and marked with the vowel sounds, showing how they should be pronounced.) (Pictorial Family Bible)