1874 Hitchcock’s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible — Illustrated 19t

This is an original 1874 edition of Hitchcock’s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible, edited by Rev. Roswell D. Hitchcock and published by A.J. Johnson of New York. Unlike a standard pulpit Bible, this volume was designed as a comprehensive analytical and reference work, arranging the Old and New Testaments by subject rather than simple chapter sequence.

The book incorporates Cruden’s Concordance, topical indexes, scriptural dictionaries, and explanatory tables intended to make the Bible “complete and easy to understand,” reflecting the 19th-century American movement toward systematic biblical study. It is illustrated throughout with steel-plate engravings and maps, including dramatic biblical scenes and historical imagery that were meant to educate as much as inspire.

This edition sits at the intersection of theology, pedagogy, and print history. It represents a period when scripture was increasingly approached analytically—categorized, indexed, and studied with the tools of modern scholarship—rather than read devotionally alone. That makes it particularly appealing to collectors of antique Bibles, historians of religion, and readers interested in how biblical interpretation evolved in the late 1800s.