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[NY] Metropolitan Museum of Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, CT [1966]. Hard Cover. 32 p., illus. (part color); 28 cm. Illustrated with reproductions of paintings and woodcuts from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). Stock#36443 (pa). Vg/ dj vg.
Daily food for Christians; being a promise, and another scriptural portion, for every day in the year: Together with the verse of a hymn. by Bible. English. Selections - [ca. 1850]
by Bible. English. Selections
Daily food for Christians; being a promise, and another scriptural portion, for every day in the year: Together with the verse of a hymn.
by Bible. English. Selections
- Used
- Hardcover
New York: American Tract Society, [ca. 1850]. Near miniature (8 cm, 3.15"). 192 pp.
Mid-19thcentury American printing: miniature Scripture readings for daily devotions. Each day's entry features four to six lines of a hymn, flanked by two Bible quotations the latter often but not always from the same book.
The American Antiquarian Society gives the date of publication as "[not before 1847?].
Binding: Publisher's straight-grained green cloth, covers framed in blind-stamped arabesques, front cover with central gilt-stamped bouquet, spine with gilt-stamped title (and "15" at foot). All edges gilt.
Bradbury, Antique United States Miniature Books, 1690-1900, B816. Binding as above, spine and front cover a little sunned, front cover with minute dimple. Pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean. => A solid, sturdy, pleasing example of the genre.
Mid-19thcentury American printing: miniature Scripture readings for daily devotions. Each day's entry features four to six lines of a hymn, flanked by two Bible quotations the latter often but not always from the same book.
The American Antiquarian Society gives the date of publication as "[not before 1847?].
Binding: Publisher's straight-grained green cloth, covers framed in blind-stamped arabesques, front cover with central gilt-stamped bouquet, spine with gilt-stamped title (and "15" at foot). All edges gilt.
Bradbury, Antique United States Miniature Books, 1690-1900, B816. Binding as above, spine and front cover a little sunned, front cover with minute dimple. Pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean. => A solid, sturdy, pleasing example of the genre.
- Bookseller Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Co., LLC (PRB&M) (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher American Tract Society
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published [ca. 1850]
- Size Near miniature (8 cm, 3.15"). 192 pp.