The portable folio family Bible. The Holy Bible, / with the commentaries of Scott and Henry, condensed by the Rev. John Eadie, D.D. LL.D. ... ; and containing upwards of four thousand notes, critical and explanatory, selected from the great standard authors of Europe and America, by the Rev. Walter M'Gilvray, D.D. …
Rev. John Eadie (1810 - 1876)
Category
Books
Date
1851
Materials
Place of origin
Glasgow
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3245792
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xvi, 1021, [1], ix, [3], 1035-1080 p. ; fol. Provenance: Family register page filled in for "John Broughton and Abigail Elizabeth Hanlon": lists the date of their marriage (26 Sept. 1854), the dates of birth of their children and, under the heading "Died at Belfast", the dates of death of three of their children in July 1864. $zBinding: Nineteenth-century full black morocco; blind-stamped panel design on boards; sewn onto four recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The family Bible' and 'Scott and Henry'; gilt textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Rev. John Eadie (1810 - 1876), editor M'Gilvray, Walter, editor Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford (1747 - 1821), commentator Matthew Henry (1662-1714), commentator