A Beautifully Inscribed 19th-Century Family Bible — A Wedding Gift Presented in 1869

This handsome 1869 Taylor Family Bible carries a touching piece of family history. It was presented to Frederick Taylor by “Mrs Roylance” on 14th January 1869 - just three months before his marriage to Elizabeth Jane Roylance in April of that same year. Almost certainly his future mother-in-law, Mrs Roylance’s handwritten dedication has survived as a warm reminder of Victorian family bonds and the tradition of gifting a Bible to mark the start of married life.

The volume itself is a classic mid-Victorian family Bible, produced in an era when such books formed the centrepiece of the home - used not only for worship, but also for carefully recording generations of births, marriages and deaths.

Features

• Original presentation inscription dated 14 January 1869
• Gifted to Frederick Taylor shortly before his marriage to Elizabeth Jane Roylance
• A wonderful example of a Victorian wedding-gift Bible
• Traditional 19th-century typography and bindings typical of family Bibles of the period
• Ideal for genealogists researching the Taylor or Roylance families, or for collectors of inscribed Victorian Bibles
• A charming and evocative heirloom, this Bible offers not just scripture but a glimpse into the personal story of two families brought together in 1869.