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Auction archive: Lot number 232

Six 19th Century Thumb Bibles

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 232

Six 19th Century Thumb Bibles

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

(Thumb Bibles) Six 19th Century Thumb Bibles Place Published: Various places Date Published: [1834-1864] Description: 6 miniature volumes. Various sizes. A collection of scarce 19th century Thumb Bibles, bound in their original cloth. Some illustrated. Comprises: Child's Bible with Plates. With frontispiece, numerous plates. 50x40 mm, original cloth. Philadelphia and New York: Fisher & Brother, [1834]. The Bible in Miniature for Children. 63x51 mm, original cloth. Lacking blanks at front and rear, hinges loose, good only. Boston: Lee & Shepard, [c. 1835] A Miniature of the Holy Bible, Being a Brief of the Books of the Old and New Testaments. With numerous illustrated plates. 60x50 mm, blindstamped cloth. Boston: R.H. Sherburne, [c.1840]. The Young Christian's Pocket Book. Or, Counsels, Comforts & Cautions. 70x55 mm, green embossed cloth stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1841. History of the Bible. 50x40 mm, blindstamped cloth, gilt spine. Buffalo: Phinney & Co. 1853. Miniature Bible with Engravings. 69x54 mm, original cloth. Philadelphia: W.N. Wiatt, [c. 1851]. Condition: One volume lacking blanks and with cracked hinges; all other volumes very good with varying degrees of general wear and rubbing to cloth, occasional foxing, etc. Item#: 358534 Headline: Seven 19th Century Thumb Bibles

Auction archive: Lot number 232
Auction:
Datum:
24 Aug 2023
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

(Thumb Bibles) Six 19th Century Thumb Bibles Place Published: Various places Date Published: [1834-1864] Description: 6 miniature volumes. Various sizes. A collection of scarce 19th century Thumb Bibles, bound in their original cloth. Some illustrated. Comprises: Child's Bible with Plates. With frontispiece, numerous plates. 50x40 mm, original cloth. Philadelphia and New York: Fisher & Brother, [1834]. The Bible in Miniature for Children. 63x51 mm, original cloth. Lacking blanks at front and rear, hinges loose, good only. Boston: Lee & Shepard, [c. 1835] A Miniature of the Holy Bible, Being a Brief of the Books of the Old and New Testaments. With numerous illustrated plates. 60x50 mm, blindstamped cloth. Boston: R.H. Sherburne, [c.1840]. The Young Christian's Pocket Book. Or, Counsels, Comforts & Cautions. 70x55 mm, green embossed cloth stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1841. History of the Bible. 50x40 mm, blindstamped cloth, gilt spine. Buffalo: Phinney & Co. 1853. Miniature Bible with Engravings. 69x54 mm, original cloth. Philadelphia: W.N. Wiatt, [c. 1851]. Condition: One volume lacking blanks and with cracked hinges; all other volumes very good with varying degrees of general wear and rubbing to cloth, occasional foxing, etc. Item#: 358534 Headline: Seven 19th Century Thumb Bibles

Auction archive: Lot number 232
Auction:
Datum:
24 Aug 2023
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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