HISTORIC DECORATIONS AT THE PAN-PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL: a Lithographic Souvenir

by McCook, Reverend H.C

First Edition

Price: $175.00
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Book desription: Philadelphia: The Presbyterian Publishing Company, 1880. Stiff brown paper boards with black cloth binding tape. 21 pages plus 10 gorgeous chromo-lithographed plates on heavy stock. The plates depict the "Ecclesiastical seals, symbols, coats-of-arms, flags, banners, devices, mottoes, and historic illustrations used in the decorations of the Horticultural Hall, at the Second Council of the Alliance of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System, held in Philadelphia, A.D. 1880." Publication may have been a year or two later, pub. date is approximate. Quite a story about the effort to put together these decorations - many devices had been neglected or forgotten over the years. And quite another story about attempting to record them. Photography was not up to the job and they had to be redone in this incredibly chromo-lithography with its intense, brilliant colors. There are "decorations" here for Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, Holland, Germany, Italy, France (Huguenots), Switzerland, Hungary, and Bohemia & Moravia. England's device includes the motto, "2000 Non-Conforming Presbyterian Divines." Holland proclaims "100,000 Martyrs." Needless to say these represent years of trials and oppression for the reformed churches. This is a scarce title, other copies exist in cloth bindings but this plain board cover appears to be original. Perhaps it was an "economy" version, or perhaps copies were issued in this format so that they could be bound according to the desires of the owner (a not uncommon practice at the time). Hinge paper cracked (hinges intact) some wear to covers and some aging to page edges, previous dealer's notations in pencil on front free endpaper, otherwise good, clean condition, with splendid plates.. First Edition. Paperbound. Good. Illus. by Color Lithographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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