The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-06-24
A Coon WoRx-LIrE OF Jrsus. ruE


| A Coon wORx-LIFE OF JEsus. rHE
Cnslsr.- This work. by Henry Ward
Bcecher, is to be issued in two styles
1t will be drsI published 10 foil octave
volume Of about $50 pages. This al
though to be called the "Plain Edition.
will be illustrated with several valusblo
ensraviugs; which are already complies
ted, First, four superb Maps. construct
cd expressly for this work from the very
latest and best data. including the Eng
lish, DutCh aud French governmental
surveys Of Palestine, the present explo.
raiions Oflhe city Of JethSslem, by Lieut.,
Warren, Royal Engineers and every at.
taiuable source Of exact geographical
and typographical information. These
are engraved on copper and on stone
(priuIed in two linls) by Cotton, the ia.
NOUS map maker aud publisher. The
other illustrations arc a FroGtispiece,
Head of Christ" restored. painted aud
engraved on steel by the brilliant Amer.
lean ongrOveh VIM. E. Marshall, from
a photograph Of Keonnrdo do Vinci's
rapidly decaying msslcr- piece in Milan,
1.-THE Lat Supper,"-a really grand
work Of the engraver's OrI; and bsnu-
tiiul Steol-pIaIe Tille.psge, containing a
VigneIte Of Bethlehem, engraved BY R,
HinshelwOod Of the Continental Bank
Note Company.
The other style will be in royal Octa-
vo size, richly ILLUSTRATED. 1t will con
tain the FrOnlispiece, Title page. and
Maps mentioned above, series oftwen.
Iy large fuIl,p'ge wood ensraviugs, and
and fifty to SevOnty>6vo smaller cuts
printed in the text. A few Of these Sc,
lecled at random, Hr0 ,hown in the pres
ent circular.
The whole series are from new aud
criginiual drawings never before publish.
ed, having been designed expressly for
this work after sketches taken directly
from the places represented. They are
o new and full illustration Of localities
people, and customs among the scenes
Of our Lords earthly labOu, aud, as
artistic productions, are believed TO be
superior 10 Onylhing before published
on that subject, They are engraved by
W. ]. Linton, the celebrated wood -en.
.gaver, now residing 10 New York,
universally acknowledged 10 be the first
master of bis art. and his brother, II. D.
Linton, long we'll known and highly es-
leemed 10 Paris,
The Maps we're constructed and the
illustrations designed by A L. Rawson,
an artist for years resident in the Holy
Land, thoroughly convershnt with its
features. The drawings on wood are
from the artistic pencil of Harry Fem
The work will be printed at the Univer-
si'y Press. Cambridge, by WEIGH, Big.
Glow, & Co.,--a guaranty of its typo.
graphical beauty and correctness.
Concerning the date Of publication,
more particular information will be CIV
co through the newspaper press in due
time. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr.,
Beecher has declined all iuyilatians 10
fulfil lecture engagements during the
past year, but devoted his entire spare
lime to the preparation of this, the
Growing Work Of his life is still found
impossible 10 state the exact time when
specimens will be ready for Agents
1t will not probably DO before the last Of
July or 6rst Of August. For further
particulars, addVew
G. F. VENT, Subscription Book Pub
Usher, No. So West Fourth ST., Cincin
natl Ohio.
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