ANTIQUE DOUAY RHEIMS CATHOLIC VULGATE BIBLE; FINE BINDING FULL LEATHER ; 1941

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The Holy Bible / Translated from the Latin Vulgate and / Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek / and Other Editions in Divers languages (The / Old Testament Was First Published by the / English College at Douay, A.D. 1609 and the / New Testament Was First Published by / the English College at Rheims, A.D. 1582.) / With Notes by Bishop Challoner and the Ency- / clical Letter ”On the Study of the Holy Scriptures” / by /Pope Leo XIII / and a Preface by / Rev. William H. McClellan, S.J. / Woodstock College, Md. / Also an Appendix Containing An Histor- / ical and Chronological Index, a Table of / References, Maps and Other Helpful Matter. / The Douay Bible House / New York / 1941. Finely bound octavo volume (8” x 5”) in full leather with ornately tooled covers and spine in six gilt panels offset by raised and knurled bands. The full Bible in the Douay Rheims Version with Challoner’s annotations. Firstedition thus. Many full page plates Interior clean with no markings or underlining. All edges in bright gilt. Rounded corners. End papers renewed. Family Pages clean. An attractive volume.; 964 & 267 pp. plus several tables and 14 color maps.

• Publisher: The Douay Bible House, NY
• Year: 1941
• Condition: Good

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