That is a magnificent bible, Tim. My family is English and as I grew up in Australia, I remember our big family bible which had generations of hand written names in fountain pen script of my ancestry including my father’s name since it was from his family. My brother took it to England to give to our cousin (my father’s brother) because he has an adult son who would inherit it, because neither of us had children. Both my parents are now deceased, btw. These bibles are an unique record of times long before this generation and preserving them is a valuable and blessed thing to do.
My wife's eyes teared up watching this video! What a beautiful heirloom and restoration! Kudos to the folks still interested in doing such great, hands-on work!
What a beauty! Seeing the "before" made me wonder if it was even possible. What a transformation! It makes me so happy that people are still doing this type of work.
Fantastic work. From a bundle of raggedy sheets and busted up cover...to recreating a useable bible. Another 100 years plus to the family whose ancestors had the sense to buy it (must have been a big purchase back then) and current families foresight to hand it down to its future generations.
We like big BIBLES and we cannot lie! 🤣 How much would that Bible have cost a family back in 1876? And what would the inflation price be today? That looks like a very expensive Bible! Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for this video!
Very nice, thanks! What a great restoration! This bible was in the same condition as our catholic family book from the 19th century which we use daily. It's falling apart just like that.
I really do enjoy this style of Bible; I have one in my library. If my history is correct, door-to-door Bible salesmen would travel with catalogues offering King James Bibles to Protestants and Douay-Rheims Bibles to Catholics in these large, Family Bible formats. As for the date, given the style, a date in the 1870s or 1880s is safe to assume. The title page, with the inclusion of red text, was a staple of that period, with these large Bibles giving way to what we'd today call "personal size" Bibles in the 1900s.
Would this company restore books other than the Bible as well? I have a 4 volume Works of John Bunyan from the 1800's that desperately needs restoration.
That is a magnificent bible, Tim. My family is English and as I grew up in Australia, I remember our big family bible which had generations of hand written names in fountain pen script of my ancestry including my father’s name since it was from his family. My brother took it to England to give to our cousin (my father’s brother) because he has an adult son who would inherit it, because neither of us had children. Both my parents are now deceased, btw. These bibles are an unique record of times long before this generation and preserving them is a valuable and blessed thing to do.
My wife's eyes teared up watching this video! What a beautiful heirloom and restoration! Kudos to the folks still interested in doing such great, hands-on work!
What a beauty! Seeing the "before" made me wonder if it was even possible. What a transformation! It makes me so happy that people are still doing this type of work.
His works is true craftmanship. Amazing piece of work.
Amazing restoration of such a gorgeous Bible. Love this video.
Fantastic work. From a bundle of raggedy sheets and busted up cover...to recreating a useable bible. Another 100 years plus to the family whose ancestors had the sense to buy it (must have been a big purchase back then) and current families foresight to hand it down to its future generations.
We like big BIBLES and we cannot lie! 🤣
How much would that Bible have cost a family back in 1876? And what would the inflation price be today? That looks like a very expensive Bible! Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for this video!
Very nice, thanks! What a great restoration!
This bible was in the same condition as our catholic family book from the 19th century which we use daily. It's falling apart just like that.
I really do enjoy this style of Bible; I have one in my library. If my history is correct, door-to-door Bible salesmen would travel with catalogues offering King James Bibles to Protestants and Douay-Rheims Bibles to Catholics in these large, Family Bible formats. As for the date, given the style, a date in the 1870s or 1880s is safe to assume. The title page, with the inclusion of red text, was a staple of that period, with these large Bibles giving way to what we'd today call "personal size" Bibles in the 1900s.
Wow.
Would this company restore books other than the Bible as well? I have a 4 volume Works of John Bunyan from the 1800's that desperately needs restoration.
I’d say they would.