[Rarebooks] FS: Bibliography of Hieroglyphic Bibles w/linen d.j. Glasgow: 1894

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(BIBLIOGRAPHY) Clouston, William Alexander andFrederick A. Laing. HIEROGLYPHIC BIBLES THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY, a HithertoUnwritten Chapter of Bibliography with Facsimile Illustrations. And a NewHieroglyphic Bible Told in Stories by Frederick A. Laing. Glasgow: David Bryceand Son. 1894. 4to. xvi,316pp. Index. Plus a color printed 184 pagehieroglyphic bible. The facsimile bible leaves (approx. 2” x 3”) are mounted 4per page on cardboard stock attached to linen guards. The first part (text) isillustrated with a frontispiece and numerous black & white facsimiles. Allpages are printed within red ruled borders. Orig. pictorial tan buckram withbeveled edges, stamped in black & gilt. T.e.g. With the original blue linendust jacket printed in black, a bit soiled. A very nice copy, in an early exampleof a printed cloth dust jacket.        $750.00(trade discount allowed)
 
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