The Epworth Collection

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1840 Bible without apocrypha or any additional index of cross references and an inscription on the first page

Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments in a plain black cover

Category: book

Produced by: Eyre and Spottiswoode

Inscription:

handwritten - inside front and back covers

Presented to William Bell Wright with an anxious hope that in early youth he will love to peruse this heavenly book; - adopt its holy precepts as his guide through life - and that he may enjoy that peace which a Christian only knows, and ultimtely join the Redeemed in brighter worlds is the ardent prayer of his affectionate Grandmother Hannah Bell March 25th 1841 (front cover). William and Maryann Wright married July 28th 1853 John Ross Wright born August 1st 1854 (back cover)

Object Number: 2010-522

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