["The Last Supper," after Leonardo Da Vinci.]

Accession No: 07_04_000175A

 

Call No: BS185 1803.E4x

 

Book Title: The Holy Bible, v.2

 

Painting Location: Fore-edge/fanned to the right

 

Painting Title: ["The Last Supper," after Leonardo Da Vinci.]

 

Subject:

Religion

Interiors

People

 

Catalog Card Transcription:

The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in churches. Edinburgh, Printed by Sir D. H. Blair and J. Bruce, 1803.

 

2 vols., 8vo, contemporary red morocco, gilt paneled covers, gilt decorated spines, gilt edges. In cloth case.

 

A finely executed fore-edge painting appears on each volume. Both are skillfully done copies of famous religious paintings, the first volume bearing "The Annunciation", after Fra Lippo Lippi, and the second, "The Last Supper", after Leonardo da Vinci.

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