Lot 37
Nightingale (Florence).- Bible, English.- The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, signed presentation inscription from Florence Nightingale, [1870s]
Hammer Price: £6,000
Description
Nightingale (Florence).- Bible, English.- The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, signed presentation inscription "For our dear Nurse Mason: with Florence Nightingale's love & earnest prayers that we both, through 1877, may be able to say only "Lord, what will Thou have me do?" even though we have "things to suffer for His name's sake" i.e. in doing His work as He would have done in knowing that we must not "kick against the pricks" but be "meek & lowly" as He was. Day of the Conversion of St Paul. Jan 25/77" to front free endpaper, later ink inscription and newspaper clipping to front pastedown, cracking to hinges, original limp morocco, rubbed, 8vo, [1870s].
⁂ A Bible presented by Florence Nightingale to one of her nurses. With the Bible is a copy of Nightingale's 6th May 1881 facsimile letter to the probationary nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital and it seems likely Nurse Mason was also in training at or working at the hospital.
Description
Nightingale (Florence).- Bible, English.- The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, signed presentation inscription "For our dear Nurse Mason: with Florence Nightingale's love & earnest prayers that we both, through 1877, may be able to say only "Lord, what will Thou have me do?" even though we have "things to suffer for His name's sake" i.e. in doing His work as He would have done in knowing that we must not "kick against the pricks" but be "meek & lowly" as He was. Day of the Conversion of St Paul. Jan 25/77" to front free endpaper, later ink inscription and newspaper clipping to front pastedown, cracking to hinges, original limp morocco, rubbed, 8vo, [1870s].
⁂ A Bible presented by Florence Nightingale to one of her nurses. With the Bible is a copy of Nightingale's 6th May 1881 facsimile letter to the probationary nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital and it seems likely Nurse Mason was also in training at or working at the hospital.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter