The Holy Bible, presented to Joseph Smith by Maharajah Duleep...
The Holy Bible, presented to Joseph Smith by Maharajah Duleep Singh on All Saints' Day 1863, and inscribed by him
Oxford, for SPCK, 1863
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, King James Version, inscribed by Maharajah Duleep Singh in ink on front flyleaf, and in pencil by Joseph Smith on front doublure, contemporary tooled leather, in modern box
138 x 85 mm.; box 152 x 108 mm.
Provenance
Joseph Smith (b. 1854), a gardener at Hatherop Castle, Gloucestershire (bought by Maharajah Duleep Singh in 1862), and thence by descent.
The Maharajah's inscription reads: Joseph Smith, Hatherop, All Saints' Day 1863, From His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh, together with the chapter and verse of three passages of significance: Ecclesiastes 12.1; John 5.39; 2 Timothy 3.14, 15, 16, 17.
Joseph Smith's pencil inscription reads: Joseph Smith is my name, England is my nation, Netherby is my dwelling place, and Christ is my Salvation.
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The Holy Bible, presented to Joseph Smith by Maharajah Duleep Singh on All Saints' Day 1863, and inscribed by him
Oxford, for SPCK, 1863
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, King James Version, inscribed by Maharajah Duleep Singh in ink on front flyleaf, and in pencil by Joseph Smith on front doublure, contemporary tooled leather, in modern box
138 x 85 mm.; box 152 x 108 mm.
Provenance
Joseph Smith (b. 1854), a gardener at Hatherop Castle, Gloucestershire (bought by Maharajah Duleep Singh in 1862), and thence by descent.
The Maharajah's inscription reads: Joseph Smith, Hatherop, All Saints' Day 1863, From His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh, together with the chapter and verse of three passages of significance: Ecclesiastes 12.1; John 5.39; 2 Timothy 3.14, 15, 16, 17.
Joseph Smith's pencil inscription reads: Joseph Smith is my name, England is my nation, Netherby is my dwelling place, and Christ is my Salvation.
