The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-23 00:00:00

MACKLIN'S Bint.E. WITH Irs NUMEROUS AND
SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS, RE-I'UBLI4HED ON
AN IMPROVED YET FAR LESS EXPENSIVE
PLAN.
PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.
DEDICATED. BY SPECIAL. PERMISSION, TO HIS
ROYAL HIGIINE.sSTII F. PRINCE itruwNT,
A NEW AND SUPERIOR EDITION OF
Fr HE unix sciii PTURM WITH
Al NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. owl nom including
a PREFACE. and HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the se-
veral KOOKR, writer fir the inure",
Di the lt.er•• EDWARD NAP. •". DP
Rector of Videfiroef.... Kest, rad Ite9tov Professor of
Yawn History is 1/4e Uniursily of Oxfurd.

IVlsild it is the pious and avowed object of she ancient
and venerable Soil NTT rust Pnostarrino CURISTIAN
KNOWLKDOC, and of the BRITI6II AND FON.CION BILE
ornery, to disseminate Tex Woon o► GOD as eaten-
si vely as possible among the poorest and the Mori mohulrorted
of our fellow-creatures, by the ilistribuiino of Ittemis print-
ed in the cheapest forms, it has a 1.44 been thought important,
in this opulent and highly civMsed country, to engage
young persons in the higher ol,rtses of society in a more di-
ligent study of the Sanest, PAGE., by presenting to them the
Bint.e in a more ornamental form, enriched with Graphical
Illustrations of the Text, of undoubted merit and character;
thus making the elegant Arts of PAINTINU And ENORI,IIIIO
subsersient to the advancement of the great inte►esb of
CnntsgtaviVV, and the gratification of taste conducive to
the improvement of Piety. 11'ith these views, the present
Edition has herr undertaken, upon a scale of sufficient im-
portant-0 to command the intent' of the highest and most
'n601,461.1 persons, yet with every possible care to avoid
unnecessary expense. The 'nude of its intended publication
is detailed in the following
PROSPECTUS:
The ENCItAIIIINGs, which miginally appeared in the mag-
nificent and expensive Work called Al ACKLIN'S BIBLE,
and which form the richest and mood interesting assemblage
of Engravings, illustrative of the HOLY SCRIPTURES,
that have eve► been putiialeed in any country, con,ist of
Seventy Historical Subjects, executed by the first Artists of
this country, fruit' Pictures painted It, Sir !.shun Rey.
noble, Mr. West, Mr. Lontherbourg. Mr. Fuseli, Mr.
Slat kr, Mr. Stallard, dm besides more than One Hundred
Vignette Head-pieces amid Tail-pieces, emblematical of the
several Hooks.

Patvrtrls, attain executed by Mr Hensley. I■ in the
size called Atlas Quarto, and the Work will he published in
Twelve Parts, price Two Guineas each. The First Part in
be brought forward an the let of June, 1818, sod the re-
tnainine Parte Sc, follow regularly 4/U the find day of each
succeeding nenath.

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with which the Work will be honoured, and of 'ermine a
&divvy of the Copies iu exact conformity with the dates
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pay a like sum ou the publication of each subsequent Part,
except the roonelsoling one, which will be delivered :cilia.

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the Work.

The Work, when completed, will form Three elegant
Volumes or convenient site; and the price of such com-
plete Sets (if any) as may 110 he subscribed for Oil the mi-
liration of the Sisth Part, must be mulch advanced, on
account of the limited number to which the Edition is
urees.srily confined.
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STRAND; F. C. AND J. RIYINGTt►N, ST. PAUL'S
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