Bowyer Bible Anthology

by Bowyer Bible

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BOWYER BIBLE ANTHOLOGY

On October 14, 1840 The Times of London carried the following notice: “There is at present, in the possession of Mrs. Parker of Golden Square, a copy of Macklin’s Bible in forty-five large volumes, illustrated with nearly 7000 engravings from the age of Michael Angelo to that of Reynolds and West. The work also contains about 200 original drawings or vignettes by Loutherbourg. The prints and etchings include the works of Raffaelle, Marc Antonio, Albert Durer, Callot, Rembrandt, and other masters, consisting of representations of nearly every fact, circumstance, and object mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. There are, moreover, designs of trees, plants, flowers, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects; such as, besides fossils, have been adduced in proof of the universal Deluge. The most authentic Scripture atlasses are bound up with the volumes. The Bible was the property of the late Mr. Bowyer the publisher, who collected and arranged the engravings, etchings, and drawings at great expense and labour; and he is said to have been engaged for upwards of thirty years in rendering it perfect. It was insured at the Albion Insurance Office for £3000.” The Bowyer Bible is now in the Bolton Museum, Lancashire, England.

These 10 GIF animations contain photos of 500 separate prints. It is included to give the enquirer a quick idea of the range and styles of the images. Information about individual prints may be obtained from the 127 items in the Bowyer Bible Collection on the Internet Archive at:

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