Daily Bible Illustrations. By John Kitto, D.D. F.S.A., Editor of 'The Pictorial Bible,' 'Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature,' Etc. New Edition Revised and Enlarged By J. L. Porter, D.D. LL.D., Author of  'The Giant Cities of Bashan,' 'The Pentateuch and the Gospels,' Etc. Morning Series. Solomon and the Kings. October to December. 

Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co. 1874. 

Author:

John Kitto (4 December 1804 – 25 November 1854) was an English biblical scholar of Cornish descent. John Kitto. Born, 4 December 1804. Plymouth, England, UK. In his generation Dr Kitto was a most significant contributor to Christian scholarship, and he provided much help for Evangelicals defending the Bible against the attack of liberal critics. He eventually wrote a total of twenty-three books, of which Charles Spurgeon considered the Daily Bible Illustrations to be "more interesting than any novel that was ever written, and as instructive as the heaviest theology."

Details:

Half-leather

Gilt-lettering to spine

Five raised bands

Matching feathered text-block-edges and endpapers

Inscription to flyleaf: 'Mary Young Wright Augt 1876' and a stamp 'Pastor Colin Roberts'

Pictorial frontispiece with tissue-guard

Half-title with vignette

Headpiece

Decorative initial letter

In-text illustrations

pp: vii [1] 442

Size: 196mm x 140mm x 30mm

Weight: 662g

Printed: 1874

Condition:

Boards rubbed with fading; dark blotch to top of front-board; a little wear to leather along hinges and to extremities; binding sound; leaves secure; solid feel; frontispiece tissue-guard with creases; internally clean and bright; a few spots to final leaf. 

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