1880 Quarto Improved Domestic Bible Steel + Wood Engraving Illustrations.

Circa 1880. The Improved Domestic Bible with Full and Complete Marginal References, Note and Readings, and the Apocrypha, Psalms in Metre, and Concordance. Buy now sale on tonight. 5pm EST this listing will be priced for final clearance. Illustrated with steel and wood engravings + maps. Large quarto, with original full leather carved and gilded boards, raised bands and gilt titles and detailing to the spine. The bible contains both the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha, Psalms and the Concordance. It also boasts 100,000 marginal references, notes, and readings, the "Improved Pictorial Dictionary" by Rev. Alfred Nevin, and Rev. William Blackwood's “Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Sacred Scripture." The cover demonstrates inconsistency in the gilt, with significant fading. The leather is dry and fragile but in tact. For 144 years old, the pages are in excellent condition and are all in tact but detached from cover binding at the front seam. This bible features pages for presentation, marriages, births, deaths, a matrimony certificate, and a family temperance pledge. The cover demonstrates inconsistency in the gilt, with significant fading. The leather is dry and fragile but in tact. For 144 years old, the pages are in excellent condition and are all in tact but detached from cover binding at the front seam. As is. Book Dimensions: 12 3/4" H x 10 1/2" W x 4 3/4" This same edition sold for $12,500Cdn on FirstDibs.com.