A Guide to Family Devotion containing a Hymn, a Portion of Scripture with Reflections, and a Prayer, for the Morning and Evening of Every Day in the Year. With an Appendix of Prayers and Hymns on Various Subjects -
Rev. Alexander Fletcher. D.D.
Circa 1850 - James S. Virtue, London - The Fifty-first Edition of One Thousand
A massive and magnificently presented ‘Guide to Family Devotion’, providing extracts from the bible and a prayer for each morning and evening of the week. In fine intricately decorated contemporary binding and illustrated with twenty six engraved plates.
Illustrated with twenty six engraved plates, including the engraved title page and the frontispiece portrait of Rev. Alexander Fletcher. The text is in double columns. Large quarto (binding size 32.2x26.2cm), pp. [2] xx 776 [2]. A contemporary binding of black russian diced calf boards, borders decorated in blind and filt, gilt hatched edges, and inner-dentelles in blind, spine with raised bands decorated in gilt, ruled in blind and gilt, and with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Condition: Fine but for one or two small spots, in fine binding. Ref: 112451 Price: HK$ 18,000
Illustrated with twenty six engraved plates, including the engraved title page and the frontispiece portrait of Rev. Alexander Fletcher. The text is in double columns. Large quarto (binding size 32.2x26.2cm), pp. [2] xx 776 [2]. A contemporary binding of black russian diced calf boards, borders decorated in blind and filt, gilt hatched edges, and inner-dentelles in blind, spine with raised bands decorated in gilt, ruled in blind and gilt, and with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Condition: Fine but for one or two small spots, in fine binding. Ref: 112451 Price: HK$ 18,000