BIBLE OF GOLD CLASSICS - NICE COPY.

The Golden Bible of the Classics. The History of Divine Revelation in the Old and New Order with 126 chromographic images according to the originals of the classical masters and with the addition of a family chronicle arranged according to the design awarded by the competition, compiled by Rev. Dr. Jan Ladyslaw Sykora.... interpolated by Rev. Zygmunt Chelmicki...vol. 1-2. History of Divine Revelation in the Old Order; History of Divine Revelation in the New Order, Vienna 1898. 40 cm, pp. [8], 332; [8], 285, 126 color chromolithographs, initials,vignettes, each page in decorative frame. Publisher's luxury binding, full leather. Rich embossing and gilding with floral motifs on the front and spine. Blocks fastened with brass buckles. Brass rosette fittings with semi-precious stones (secondary) in the corners of the face of the binding. The whole closed with a gilded border. Rear lining decorated with floral motif - a blind piston. Decorative lining, edges of pages gilded. An example of the most beautiful devotional "missal" binding of the 19th century. A few damaged tissue guards protecting the engravings, otherwise the block and the binding in very good condition.