Jakób Wujek, Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, translation by Jakob Wujek, 1873-1874

Publisher: Michal Glucksberg
Condition: Used
Language of publication: Polish
Cover type: Hard
Dimensions: 34 x 45 cm
Number of pages:
Volume I, Part I - 392 s (1873)
Volume I, Part II - 393-958 s (1873)
Volume II, Part III - 480 s (1874)
Volume II, Part IV - 480-1076 s (1874)
Weight: 10 kg

Introverted and rubbed bindings, soiled and torn spines, yellowed, stained and torn pages, library annotations and stamps

Publisher: Michal Glücksberg
Condition: Used
Language of publication: Polish
Cover type: Hardback
Dimensions: 34 x 45 cm
Number of pages:
Volume I, Part I - 392 s (1873)
Volume I, Part II - 393-958 s (1873)
Volume II, Part III - 480 s (1874)
Volume II, Part IV - 480-1076 s (1874)
Weight: 10 kg

The two-volume (four-part) Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, published in Warsaw between 1873 and 1874 in the outhouse of Michał Glücksberg, is a Polish translation from the Latin Vulgate text by Jakób Wujek. It is one of the largest and most impressive editions of the Bible, decorated with 230 woodcuts by French painter and printmaker Gustave Doré.