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<p>[QUOTE="2manycats, post: 9559159, member: 13761"]Here's a complete one on eBay:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/126125337927" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/126125337927" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/126125337927</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Their pictures show a page from Ezekiel that appears to be the identical format as yours, and it's the right size at 14.5 x 11.2. I wouldn't get too hung up on the fact that theirs is Virtue & Torston, at a different address - publishing partnerships were volatile back then, with whomever owned the plates (in this case, Virtue) holding the power, and attracting various investors. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only question is, how many of the nice plates does this bound volume hold? If 69, it's essentially the complete thing your parts are parts of. There could be many variations - I've got three big ornate bibles right now with different named publishers that were all obviously partly printed by the same printer, with some differences in content & format, but with a lot of the same pictures. Then as now, religion is partly a racket, with all manner of hucksters trying to profit off the faithful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manycats, post: 9559159, member: 13761"]Here's a complete one on eBay: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/126125337927[/URL] Their pictures show a page from Ezekiel that appears to be the identical format as yours, and it's the right size at 14.5 x 11.2. I wouldn't get too hung up on the fact that theirs is Virtue & Torston, at a different address - publishing partnerships were volatile back then, with whomever owned the plates (in this case, Virtue) holding the power, and attracting various investors. The only question is, how many of the nice plates does this bound volume hold? If 69, it's essentially the complete thing your parts are parts of. There could be many variations - I've got three big ornate bibles right now with different named publishers that were all obviously partly printed by the same printer, with some differences in content & format, but with a lot of the same pictures. Then as now, religion is partly a racket, with all manner of hucksters trying to profit off the faithful.[/QUOTE]
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