The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: arranged in historical and chronological order :. in such a manner that the whole may be read as one consecutive history, in the words of the authorized translation.
George Townsend (1788-1857)
Category
Books
Date
1834
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3207121
Summary
Bibliographic description
1464 p. ; 24cm. Title pages for the two parts are bound in towards the end. With loosely inserted blue reading ribbon. Provenance: Inscribed on upper pastedown: "S. Yorke Erddig 1872" [i.e. Simon Yorke III (1811-94) of Erddig, son of Simon Yorke II and Margaret Holland]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's quarter brown cloth on brown paper boards. Printed paper spine label. Boards detached and scuffed. Spine cover damaged.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
George Townsend (1788-1857), editor