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Holman Family Bible (page 1/2)

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Items taken from The Holy Bible (the King James Authorized Translation of 1611), published in 1875 by A. J. Holman & Co. of Philadelphia.

This is a physically large vlume (over a foot tall) and profusely illustrated, claiming to have “one thousand engravings on steel, wood, and in colors.”

As far as i can tell, the only colour engravings are the title page, and also a “carpet page” featuing the ten commandments and the summary of the law. There are maybe ten or twenty full-page engravings taken from the Doré Bible, and then a lot of smaller, lower-quality pictures.

There is also a commentary and a lot of notes about some of the myths and legends and the places where they were set.

Title: Holman Family Bible

Author: God

Published by: A. J. Holman & Co.

City: Philadelphia

Date: 1875

Total items: 2

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Summary of the Law, in gold]

Summary of the Law, in gold

A full-page setting of a biblical quote, with a gilt (gold) page background and red, blue, green, black inks, with scrollwork, a border with crowned seraphs at the codners, and a sidebar in a frame and with a heading [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Title Page]

Title Page

The title page of this huge and lavish Victorian family bible. [more...] [$]


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