first edition Leather bound
1874 · London, Paris & New York
by Farrar, Frederic W.
London, Paris & New York: Cassell Peter & Galpin, 1874. Twenty-First Edition. Leather bound. Very Good. A two volume set. 480; 523pp. Octavo [22 cm] Full brown leather with six spine compartments, green leather spine labels, and decorative blind tooling on the spine and board. Publisher's bright red text block edges. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to the extremities. Previous owner's literary bookplate on the front pastedown of volume 1. A chronological overview, from the Nativity to the Resurrection, of Christ's life which uncovers many of the periods of his life which have been overlooked. Frederic W. Farrar (1831-1903) was an admired religious writer and author of a sentimental novel, "Eric, or Little by Little" (1858). His "Life of Christ," first published in 1874, was reprinted 30 times in as many years. (Inventory #: 67503)
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