Main entry--uniform title
Bible. English & Hebrew. Old Testament.
Title
Kitva ha-Kodesh =The Jewish family Bible : containing the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa, in Hebrew and English / This Bible is printed with the sanction of the Rev. Dr. Adler, the Chief Rabbi, and the English translation is the Anglican version. revised by M. Friedlander, ... With illustrations by Gustave Doré.
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Jewish family Bible
Edition
Second edition.
Imprint
London : William Rider and Son, [1884]
Physical description
1 v. in 3 : ill. ; 30 cm
Note
The first words of the title are transliterated from Hebrew.
Note
Edition statement, dated December 1884, in prefatory note before text.
Note
Probably issued as 3 volumes but pagination continuous, with no volume separation. 1st vol. = prelims and pages 1-485; 2nd vol. = pages 489-1404; 3rd vol. = pages 1407-1978.
Note
With full-page engraved plates throughout, signed 'G. Doré'; additional to pagination, with verso of plates blank. Captions in Englsh only.
Note
Text printed in Hebrew and English in parallel columns; pagination in English only.
Note
4 leaves (single-sided) of 'The Family Register', printed in gold, with spaces for insertion of family names and dates (not filled in), between Prefatory note and main text.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” in each volume.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library donatory label (1899) with inscription “Ex libris viri dilectissimi Thomae Lvck Kingsbvry A M Prebendarii de Vffcvlme qui obdormivit in pace iv die Dec A S MDCCCXCIX D D Helena Maria filia heres Bibliothecae Sarisbvriensis”. "Ecclesiae B.V.M." added in manuscript in gap between “Bibliothecae” and "Sarisbvriensis" in each volume.
Binding
19th-century red cloth; gilt tooling on spine. Spine title on each volume: (1) Thorah vel Pentateuchus; (2) Nebiim vel Prophetae; (3) Chethubim vel Hagiographa.
Added entry--name
Friedländer, M. (Michael), 1833-1910 editor.
Added entry--name
Kingsbury, Thomas Luck, 1822-1899 previous owner.
Added entry--name
Kingsbury, Helen Mary, 1857-1929 donor.
Added entry--name
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 illustrator.
Added entry--place
England London.
B14438
UKSbSC
20230322131038.4