La Sainte Bible, contenant l’ancien et le nouveau testament. [The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and the New Testament] Version Revue sur les Originaux

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867+282pp., hardbound, full calf, French text.

SPCK was the first of several missionary societies in the 1800’s who would contract with Oxford’s Clarendon Press for the printing of their Bibles. By 1865, mission Bibles such as this one comprised over comprised over two thirds of all Oxford-printed Bibles. It was intended chiefly for circulation in the French-speaking Channel Islands/UK.