With an engraved title page, housed in a burgundy velvet octavo binding with two large silver clasps and four other clasps - all edges gilt. Complete with contemporary hand colouring, heightened in gold. Binding slightly rubbed and soiled in places. Floral patterned endpapers. Coloured plates in order: 1. Engraved title page. 2. Genesis 3, verse 6. (And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.) 3. Genesis 7, verse 17 - Luke 17, verse 26. (And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man.) 4. Genesis 19, verse 14 - Jude verse 7. (the moment Lot urgently warns his future sons-in-law of Sodom's impending destruction, only to be met with disbelief.) 5. Genesis 22, verse 1 - Hebrew 11, verse 17 (God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”) 6. Genesis 37, verse 23 - Hand 7, verse 9 (So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing.) 7. Exodus 19, verse 18 - Hebrew 12, verse 18. (Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain[a] trembled violently.) 8. Numbers 22, verse 22 - Peter 2, verse 16 (But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.) 9. Joshua 5, verse 13 (Joshua prepares to attack Jericho, he encounters a man holding a drawn sword. When Joshua demands to know, "Are you for us or for our enemies?", the figure replies, "Neither, but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come".) 10. Richteren [Judges] 6, verse 36 (Gideon prayed to God, “I know that you promised to help me rescue Israel, but I need proof. Tonight I'll spread a sheep skin on the stone floor of that threshing-place over there. If you really will help me rescue Israel, then tomorrow morning let there be dew on the skin, but let the stone floor be dry.”) 11. Richteren [Judges] 13, verse 19 (Manoah offers a sacrifice on a rock to the Lord, and the "Angel of the Lord" performs a miraculous feat by ascending into heaven in the altar's flame.) 12. Ruth 2, verse 8 ( the wealthy landowner Boaz offers the vulnerable Moabite widow, Ruth, protection, provision, and community. He tells her to stay close to his workers and not to go to other fields, ensuring her safety and honouring her loyalty to her mother-in-law, Naomi.) 13. Samuel 16, verse 13 (the prophet Samuel anoints young David as the future king of Israel.) 14. Samuel 17, verse 40 (David rejects King Saul’s heavy armor and prepares to fight Goliath using his familiar shepherd’s tools. He takes his staff, selects five smooth stones from a stream, places them in his shepherd's bag, and approaches the giant with his sling in hand.) 15. Samuel 11, verse 2 (One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman (Bathsheba) was very beautiful.) 16. Kings 3, verse 16 (Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.) 17. Kings 17, verse 6 (And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.) 18. Kings 2, verse 11 (And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.) 19. Kings 4, verse 5 (the prophet Elisha instructs a widow in severe debt to gather jars and pour her small amount of olive oil into them to save her sons from being taken as slaves.) 20. Job 1, verse 13 (It marks the precise moment Satan is permitted to act against Job, establishing the scene of an ordinary, happy family gathering just before his life is violently upended.) 21. Psalm 1. King David playing the Harp. 22. The Prophet Isaiah. 23. The Prophet Jeremiah. 24. Jeremiah 38, verses 6-13 (the prophet Jeremiah is thrown into a muddy cistern to starve by hostile officials. He is rescued by Ebed-Melek, an Ethiopian palace official, who convinces King Zedekiah to intervene. Ebed-Melek then uses ropes and padded rags to safely pull Jeremiah from the mire.) 25. The Prophet Ezekiel. 26. The Prophet Daniel. 27. Daniel 6, verse 20 (Daniel in the Lion's den.) 28. Jonah 1, verse 13 (Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.) 29. Title page to the New Testament. 30. The Evangelist Matthew 31. Matthew 2, verse 14 ( Joseph has been warned in a dream that he must flee to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod. An event known as the Flight into Egypt.) 32. Matthew 7, verse 3 - Luke 6, verse 41 (“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?) 33. Matthew 13, verse 44 (the Parable of the Hidden Treasure.) 34. Matthew 20, verse 34 (the miraculous healing of two blind men on the road leaving Jericho.) 35. Matthew 25, verses 31-46 (the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, describes the final judgment. Jesus teaches that humanity will be separated based on how they treated the vulnerable (the hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, and imprisoned). Caring for "the least of these" is equated to serving Christ.) 36. Matthew 28, verses 1-4 (the dramatic dawn of Jesus' resurrection.) 37. The Evangelist Mark. 38. Mark 6, verse 27 (King Herod immediately sends an executioner to the prison with orders to bring back the head of John the Baptist.) 39. Mark 9, verses 2-8 (the Transfiguration of Jesus, where Jesus reveals His divine glory to His inner circle of disciples on a high mountain.) 40. Mark 14, verses 17-26 (the Last Supper, where Jesus shares a final Passover meal with his disciples.) 41. The Evangelist Luke. 42. Luke 2, verse 7 ("And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.") 43. Luke 10, verse 33 (a traveler from a despised group sets aside prejudice and danger to show profound mercy to a beaten stranger.) 44. Luke 15, verses 11-32 (, Jesus tells the Parable of the Prodigal Son (often called the Lost Son). It is a story about a forgiving father and his two lost sons—one to reckless rebellion and the other to self-righteousness. Ultimately, it illustrates God’s unconditional grace and joy over repentant sinners.) 45. Luke 19, verses 29-44 (recounts the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, marking the beginning of Passion Week. Jesus rides a borrowed colt into the city, acclaimed as King, but pauses to weep over Jerusalem's coming destruction because its people failed to recognise Him.) 46. The Evangelist John. 47. John 4, verse 7 (When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)) 48. John 10, verse 11 ("I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.") 49. John 10, verses 39-44 (Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.) 50. John 13, verses 5-9 (Jesus begins washing His disciples' feet, performing the task of a humble servant.) 51. John 19, verse 18 - Matthew 27, verse 35 (he moment Jesus was crucified, positioned between two other condemned men.) 52. Acts 1, verse 9 (the Ascension of Jesus. While his disciples were watching, Jesus was lifted up from the Mount of Olives and taken into heaven, after which a cloud hid Him from their sight.) 53. Acts 2, verses 2-12 (When fthe day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like ga mighty rushing wind, and hit filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues ias of fire appeared to them and rested1 on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began kto speak in other tongues las the Spirit gave them utterance.) 54. Acts 10, verses 1-6 (Cornelius is praying in the afternoon, an angel appears, telling him that God has recognised his prayers and generosity.) 55. Acts 12, verse 7 (the miraculous moment an angel rescues the Apostle Peter from prison.) 56. Acts 28, verses 3-5 (the Apostle Paul is shipwrecked on the island of Malta. While gathering sticks for a fire, a venomous snake is driven out by the heat and bites his hand. The local islanders witness this and assume he is a murderer receiving divine justice, but Paul shakes the snake into the fire and suffers no harm.) 57. Apocalypse 21, verse 10 ("And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.") 58. Title page of the Book of Psalms together with the hymns.