MATERIAL: Printed

TYPE: Book

DIMENSIONS: 7 x 4.5 cm ( 2.8 x 1.75 in.)

COMPONENTS: 271 pp; Publisher's black, fine calico-grain cloth; red-dyed text edges, tuck-in flap, yellow end papers, gilt spinal title in Japanese

CONDITION: Very good : one small spot on cloth, slight stain at tip of text fore-edges far from text, securely bound, clean, very slight shelf wear, a nice copy.

NOTES: Entirely in Japanese save English on title page. Book ID: 1953222

LANGUAGE

Japanese

ITEM ID: 656

Japanese Gospel of St. Luke

Collector's Favorites, Asia/Africa, Religious

Bibles, Christianity, Japan, Japanese Christian

DATE

Year: 1895

Decade: 1890s

Century: 19th (1801-1900)

Book of St. Luke [Miniature New Testament Bible book in Japanese]. Published by the Bible Society’s Committee for Japan. Accompanied by a hand written post card dated 1900.

ARTISTS

Name: Bible Societies' Committee for Japan
Type: Publisher

About the Collection

Collector's Favorites

An eclectic assemblage of objects coving a wide range of human history.

Asia/Africa

This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.

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