Two volumes, folio. IV, [4], 942pp, 943-1260pp, 230pp, [10], 1261-1622pp, [4], 44pp. Original blind-tooled leather over beveled boards with gold lettering and decorations on spines and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in each volume protected with a tissue-guard. 2 additional engraved title-pages. Ribbon markers. Both volumes have the London imprint of George Virtue upon the pictorial and text title pages. Stunning Bible profusely illustrated with over a hundred steel engravings after drawings or paintings by de Loutherbourgh, Amiconi, J. S. Hart, Hamilton, Schopin, Horace Vernet, W. H. Bartlett, Rubens, Northcote, Guercino, F. Bol, W. Artaud, Murillo, M. A. Colin, H. Singleton, J. Opie, Gros, Raffaello d'Urbino, Raphaël, and many more. Each plate is protected with a tissue-guard. Text in 2 columns with centre references and reflections at foot of page. This work is complete with the Books of Apocrypha and an alphabetical list of prope