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A Complete History of the Holy Bible, As Contained in the Old and New Testaments, including also the Occurrences of Four Hundred Years, from the Last of the Prophets to the Birth of Christ, and The Life of Our Blessed Saviour and His Apostles. &c. With Copious Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Practical and Devotional.

From the text of the Rev. Laurence Howell, A.M. with considerable additions and improvements, By the Rev. George Burder, Author of Village Sermons, &c. Embellished with Beautiful Engravings. In Three Volumes.

London: Printed By Biggs and Co. Crane-Court, Fleet-Street, and Sold By Williams and Smith, Stationers' Court, Ludgate-Street. 1806.

An attractive early nineteenth-century edition of George Burder's celebrated biblical history, bringing together a comprehensive narrative of the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. The work also covers the approximately four hundred years between the Old and New Testaments, together with the life of Christ, the ministry of the Apostles, and includes extensive critical, explanatory, practical, and devotional notes throughout. The edition is further enhanced with numerous engraved illustrations.

George Burder (1752–1832) was a respected English Congregational minister, preacher, and religious author, best known for his devotional writings and biblical commentaries. His works were widely read throughout the nineteenth century for both family worship and private study.

Details:

Three volume set
Full leather bindings
Four line gilt frames to boards
Gilt-lettering to spines plus volume numbers
Decorative gilt to raised bands
Gilt adornment to outward facing extremities of boards
Marbled endpapers
Penned signatures to front-papers and stamped initials to two or three places
Pictorial title-page to volume 1
Embellished with beautiful engravings [20]
Volume 1: 378 pages
Volume 2: 369 pages
Volume 3: x, 373, An Abstract of the Travels and Labours of St. Paul [3], Appendix - History of the Church from the conclusion of the book of 'The Acts,' to the Close of the First Century [viii], Index [viii]
Individual volume size: 214mm x 135mm
Combined weight: 1735g
Printed: 1806, 1806, 1807 respectively

Condition:

Boards rubbed; wear to extremities; leather loss at spine ends; all intact and working well though hinges weakening; text-blocks-firm; leaves secure; leaves very clean apart from the occasional spot. Damp stained at some point -more so to volumes 1 & 2 (from lower margin). Worm-hole present from p. 351 - 360 of volume 2 (lower-margin), and p.119-168 of volume 3 (inner edge over text). An early nineteenth-century set with the expected age-related wear consistent with books over 200 years old.

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A substantial and decorative theological work, ideal for collectors of antiquarian books, biblical studies, church history, and fine leather-bound libraries.