The Improved Domestic Bible, by Reverend Nevin, Illustrated, Circa 1880.

The Improved Domestic Bible with Full and Complete Marginal References, Note and Readings, and the Apocrypha, Psalms in Metre, and Concordance, Together with the Improved Pictorial Dictionary of the Bible, by Rev. Alfred Nevin, D.D., L.D.D. 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. This family bible was published by Schulyer Smith & Company in London. This bible was produced as a family “domestic” bible. 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.” Family bibles were used as a marker of each married couple’s journey through life and the family’s history was commonly recorded in the bible. 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 bible sold for circa $10,500 CAD on First Dibs.