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BIBLIA ANGLICA. – DORÉ. –. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments According to the Authorised Version. With illustrations by Gustave Doré. 2 vols. in 1.

With 78 wood-engravings after Gustave Doré on plates. 5 leaves, 1116 pp.; 1 leaf, 348 pp. Folio. Contemp. full cark calf with gilt-tooled title and decorations on spine and front board. – London and New York, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, n.d. (1867).

First edition of the English version of the Doré Bible. The first French edition contains 230 wood-engravings at all, while the present English edition contains a selection of them. – Vicaire I, 477. – Clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 21738