LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET
AND CHARING CROSS.
Advertisements
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street,
London, October, 1873.
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO.’S
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE
COMING SEASON.
THE AUTHORIZED VERSION OF THE
FOUR GOSPELS.
WITH THE WHOLE OF THE
MAGNIFICENT ETCHINGS ON STEEL,
AFTER THE
DRAWINGS BY M. BIDA.
he drawings, etchings, and engravings have been twelve years in preparation, and an idea of the importance of this splendid work may be gathered from the fact that upwards of twelve hundred and fifty thousand francs, or fifty thousand pounds, have been expended on its production, and it has obtained for MM. Hachette the Diplome d’Honneur at the Vienna Exhibition.
The English edition will contain the whole of the 132 steel etchings, and in addition some very exquisite woodcut ornaments.
The Gospel of St. Matthew will contain 41 Steel Etchings.