Prepared in accordance with a resolution of a committee of citizens of Westmoreland Co., Pa.
Henry Louis Bouquet was a prominent British Army officer in the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War. Bouquet is best known for his victory over a Native American force at the Battle of Bushy Run, lifting the siege of Fort Pitt during Pontiac's War. [from Wikipedia]
translated out of the original tongues ; and with all former translations diligently compared and revised.
Place of Publication
Buffalo, N.Y
Publisher
Baker & Company,
Date of Publication
[1883?]
Physical Description
viii, [8], 28, 112, 52, 8, 8, 22, 16, 640, 104, 24, 392, 837-848, 44, 36, 24, 12, [16], 14 p., [74] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 33 cm.
Notes
"To which is added a profusely illustrated pronouncing dictionary of the Bible, a history of the books of the Bible, a history of all religious sects, biographies of eminent Bible characters, a history of the coins of the Bible, a gallery of scripture incidents and illustrations, the Jewish Tabernacle and priesthood, with chromatic plates, the travels of the Israelites, Christ and Paul, with colored maps, the parables of our Lord, also the proverbs of Solomon, and many other valuable aids and elegant embellishments."
"Beautifully illustrated."
New Testament t.p. : "The comparative New Testament, both the King James' Version of 1611 and the Revised Version of 1881 in parallel columns, retaining all the marginal notes and references of both versions. Text of old version, American Bible Society's octavo edition; text of New version, Oxford, large pica edition."
Some color plates are copyrighted 1873; "The parables of our Lord" is copyrighted 1883 by R. G. Moses.
Includes index.
Tables.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Taped on front of first flyleaf and on spine: Presented to Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Snavely by Gen. Simon Cameron, Dec. 25, 1885.
Four pages of genealogy ripped from the end of the Apocrypha.
Marriage license of Henry Johnson of Maytown, and Sarah Ann Jeffries of Maytown, married on 17 February 1848, removed to MG-399; Snavely family bible; copy to Johnson family file.
Morocco binding with decorative gold tooling and raised center piece; gilted edges.
From the collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P98.37.1.
Flyleaf removed and replaced with fraktur: "Dieses Buch/ gehoret mir/ Mary G. Fisher/ Geschriben den/ 16ten June/ 1926" done in black lettering with upper case letters in either blue or pink ink with gold highlights with and blue border surrounding all and faint light blue underlining; attributed to David C. Hoke.
Genealogy from Adam to Christ, with the genealogy of Adam Heinecke and Henry Vandersaal, from 1747-1881. To which is added a brief account of the author's travels as an evangelist, and twelve sermons composed by himself
