An exposition on the Old and New Testament
Subtitle: wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents, the sacred text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs, each paragraph reduced to its proper heads, the sense given, and largely illustrated with practical remarks and observations : forming the most complete family Bible ever published : illustrated with upwards of one hundred elegant engravings descriptive of the most material translations recorded in the sacred writings
By: by Matthew Henry
Series: Mortimer B. Zuckerman Collection of Family Bibles -- HB-45
Publisher: Printed by and for J. Stratford, Holborn Hill
Published: 1793
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Commentaries; Bible
Other titles: Bible. English. Authorized. 1793.
Notes: Authorised version.

Portrait plate of Matthew Henry (frontispiece): Published by W.& J. Stratford No. 112 Holborn Hill, June 25, 1793.

No Apocrypha.

Issued in 188 parts.

The plates "Engraved for Stratford's edition of Matthew Henry's Family Bible."

Vol. 1 includes 'The life of Matthew Henry' with separate register, pagination and no part numbers, probably issued separately.

ESTC, T95042

About five pages of manuscript genealogy and family records; places mentioned include England, India, Australia; dates 1799 to 1880s; Griffith Todd & Mary Parker (progenitors)

Brown sheepskin, minor gold tooling on borders; gold tooling on spine; both boards detached; binder’s title (worn): Henry’s Bible.