Author: CHANCELLOR, JOHN
Title: The Flowers and Fruits of the Bible
Description: Exeter, Webb & Bower. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0906671531). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: McCheane, W.H. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with small mark to front endpaper caused by removal of address label else unparked. Dustjacket is complete. This collection of remarkable 19th century watercolours depicts the best known flowers and fruits mentioned in the bible. This exquisite and decorative work of Victorian piety, showing a love of flowers and of the Scriptures, was compiled by an army colonel who hade experienced the heat of battle in the scorching Egyptian sun. After a day's fighting, Lieutenant Colonel William McCheane returned to his tent and turned to the bible and his watercolours. John Chancellor's scholarly and informative texts considers botanical aspects as well as the symbolism and mythology of the plants. 2. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Flowers, Scriptures, Bible Fruits 0906671531 Mccheane, W.H.


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