Fragments, being Illustrations of the Manners, Incidents, and Phraseology of Holy Scripture – By Charles Taylor. London, 1801 – the second part in the series, dealing with the Land of Israel. Printed by: W. Stratford. Numerous engravings depicting the Tabernacle and its vessels, the site of the Temple, and folded maps of the Land of Israel and Jerusalem.
A comprehensive study containing interpretations, ethnographic descriptions, and historical notes aimed at illustrating and explaining the texts of the Old and New Testaments – based on the testimonies of numerous travelers, explorers, and missionaries who operated in the Middle East and biblical regions. The texts were selected from sources considered reliable in their time – travel journals, landscape descriptions, and social and linguistic customs – with the goal of providing the 19th-century reader with a more tangible context for the words and images of the Bible. The book also served as a complementary supplement to Calmet’s Bible Dictionary – an influential bibliographical-theological dictionary from the 18th century.
The first part in the series was published in 1799, the second – the present edition – in 1801, the third in 1803, and the fourth in 1811.
[4], 150, 196, 191, [13], 224 pages. 27 cm. Half-leather and marbled binding, decorated with gilt embossing on the spine. Clean and attractive leaves. The maps, engravings, and appendices are all complete.
