Item 17: The Illustrated Family Bible: Being the Old and New Testaments According to the Authorised Version: With Twelve Hundred Wood Engravings, Representing the Historical Events, Landscape Scenes, Natural History, Costume and Antiquities of the Sacred Scriptures; and Original Notes, Explanatory of Passages Connected with Eastern Manners, History, Antiquities, and Other Subjects of Biblical Literature , 1881
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over forty Holy Bibles and other Christian texts as donated by Mr. Charles Whatley. These materials are largely in English, with a few printed in the original tongues of the Protestant and Jewish faiths. The collection also contains 41 individual wooden boxes, complete with topical embellishments. These boxes were handcrafted by Mr. Whatley for the express purpose of storing their respective texts.
Dates
- Creation: 1881
Extent
1 boxes (Dr. Kitto's Illustrated Family Bible featuring wood engravings and commentary by John Kitto, as well as Introductory passages by Reverend Canon Birks as published by James Sangster and Company in London ) : This item is stored in a handcrafted wooden box lightly stained and painted with gold, gray, white, black and red fleur de lis and scroll work; leather-bound; spine and front cover coming detached; brass corners and working latches
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository