The Tate Bible [LATEST]

Circa 1880s–1890s, primarily by the National Publishing Company (Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, etc.). Later reprints appeared under other subscription-based publishers.

Full Title: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. With Canonic and Explanatory Notes, References, and a Complete Concordance. Illustrated with Over 1,200 Fine Scripture Engravings. The Tate Bible

Rev. James W. Tate (a Methodist Episcopal minister and educator) and Rev. William S. Shields (a Presbyterian minister). Their collaboration reflects a rare interdenominational editorial effort during a period of evangelical consolidation in America. With Canonic and Explanatory Notes, References, and a

For collectors, it is a beautiful artifact. For historians, a rich archive. For theologians, a cautionary tale of how cultural aesthetics can quietly shape exegesis. And for any reader today, opening a Tate Bible is to step into a 19th-century evangelical imagination—vivid, confident, and deeply, beautifully limited. Would you like a specific comparison between the Tate Bible and another 19th-century illustrated Bible (e.g., the Doré Bible or the Hieroglyphic Bible)? Or a digital facsimile source for viewing its plates? James W