Holy Bible. Self-Pronouncing Edition. In which all of the names of people and places are divided into syllables and sounds, showing how they should be pronounced. Holy Bible : containing the King James and the revised versions of the Old and New Testaments arranged in parallel columns.The Text conformable to that of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge with a Complete Concordance and the Psalms of David in Metre. First edition. Smith LL.D., Sir William, (1813-1893), editor. Religion

4to. 23.5 x29 x 10cm. Massive. Elaborate morocco, calf and gilt binding with a metal clasp. [8], 1338, [8], 44. 4, 8, [94], 38pp.Mainly wood-engravings with a few chromolithographs. Entered in the Library of Congress in 1891. This was a joint-edition with other publishers. Binding with moderate wear on bottom edges due to heavy weight but very good elsewhere.Sir William Smith LL.D., (1813-1893): The greatest work in which he engaged was the ?Bible Dictionary' (1860?5), a subject that had been already treated lexicographically by John Kitto [q. v.]; but Smith aimed at a far higher standard of scholarship, and embraced a wider range of topics. He also edited with Archdeacon Cheetham a ?Dictionary of Christian Antiquities' (1875?1880), and with Dr. Wace a ?Dictionary of Christian Biography' (1877?87). His atlas (of which Sir George Grove was the joint editor) was finished in 1875. He produced an elaborately annotated edition of Gibbon, including the notes of Milman and Guizot, in eight volumes in 1854?5. In 1867 he became editor of the ?Quarterly Review,' and retained the post until his death. Under his direction the reputation of the ?Review' was fully maintained