Family Portrait

Over the years, I've discovered that the best bets for finding forgotten bookmarks are old Bibles and dictionaries. I purchased this leatherbound beauty yesterday; a man from Connecticut was passing through and had a small pile of books rescued from a damp church basement. There were bits and pieces in each of the books he brought in, but this 1889 Swedish-language Bible had some real beauties:



















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at 10/17/2012
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18 comments:

  1. becky up the hillOctober 17, 2012 at 12:56 PM

    Treasures!

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  2. LaurieOctober 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    What a treasure!

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  3. bjw_drawOctober 17, 2012 at 1:00 PM

    That is an amazing find!

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  4. tigarethOctober 17, 2012 at 1:09 PM

    I have one of these but in Finnish. I didn't get so many forgotten bookmarks in it, though. Mine says 1890 inside the title page, but there's a photo insert of some sculptures in the middle after the portraits of the apostles that is dated 1897.

    Does anyone know where I might be able to get replica clasps for these old Bibles? I'm missing the hinged half of both of them.

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  5. NancyOctober 17, 2012 at 1:44 PM

    Wow! A great find in the Bible itself and the goodies inside are an added bonus. Congrats!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM

    That is a wonderment!

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  7. KathrynOctober 17, 2012 at 5:02 PM

    Beautiful!

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  8. JenJenOctober 18, 2012 at 9:55 AM

    This is fantastic! Such beauty, inside and out! I think this is my favorite post of yours yet!

    I've recently suggested your blog to another book-loving friend of mine, too.

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  9. K. HendersonOctober 18, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    Wow! A beautiful book and wonderful finds.

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  10. spacedlawOctober 18, 2012 at 3:24 PM

    That bible is seriously gorgeous.

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  11. JulieOctober 18, 2012 at 10:32 PM

    What a spectacular find! The Bible is absolutely breathtaking!

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  12. StarOctober 19, 2012 at 1:41 AM

    Like the others: great post (one of the best) and fascinating find. How interesting that the bible had pages meant for family portraits. Never heard of that before. Wonder where that custom came from. Thanks!

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  13. CarlynOctober 21, 2012 at 3:46 PM

    Wow what an interesting find. Although I know it's a bible, the book looks like a spell book from an adventure movie.

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  14. AnonymousNovember 30, 2012 at 1:38 PM

    That has got to be one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen.

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  15. Matt MaldreJanuary 23, 2013 at 3:34 PM

    Whoa. This is amaaaaazing!

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  16. Bugs (in the Mojave)February 25, 2013 at 12:53 PM

    Very first thing that came to my mind~ was "What a treasure"!~ and so many people thought and said the exact same thing.

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  17. UnknownNovember 15, 2013 at 10:53 AM

    |this is the awesomest book i have ever seen

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  18. UnknownNovember 15, 2013 at 10:54 AM

    this is the awesomest book i've ever seen.

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