The Holy Bible : containing the entire canonical scriptures, according to the decree of the Council of Trent /

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Other Authors: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757, Challoner, Richard, 1691-1781, Horstmann, Ignatius Frederick, 1840-1908, Husenbeth, F. C. (Frederick Charles), 1796-1872, Wood, James Frederick, 1813-1883
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Philadelphia : John E. Potter and Co., [1883?]
Edition:Rev. and corr. /
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Item Description:At head of title: The approved Holy Catholic Bible.
With chromolithograph half title.
T.p. in red and black; red-ruled border decorated with crosses, keys, and scrolls; carved cardboard cover, overlaid with dark brown leather, printed in gold; spine has designs and "Holy Bible" printed in gold.
Text in double columns, within black border; references at bottom of page.
New Testament has special t.p., separate pagination and chromolithograph half title: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ / translated from the Latin Vulgate ; diligently compared with the original Greek and originally published by the English College at Rheims, A.D. 1582 ...
With: History of the Holy Bible : with an introduction to the proper reading of the sacred book / edited by Ign. F. Horstmann -- Calmet's illustrated and explanatory Catholic dictionary of the Bible : based on the orogonal work of ... Augustin Calmet ... and embracing the results of the most recent and reliable researches in biblical knowledge / edited by Ignatius F. Horstmann ...
Between the Old and new Testaments there is a single leaf to record information on "Bonds of Holy Matrimony" and and [4] p. for "Family Record"; and at the end of the New Testament there are [4] p. with slots for "Family Portraits."
Physical Description:[10], 86, 128, 20, 80, 9-789, [5], 222, [4] p., [24] leavrs of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 32 cm.