1870 Illustrated Devotional and Practical Polyglot Family Bible

This is a well preserved and likely hardly used Antique Family Bible in a VERY GOOD condition. The leather covers of this 1870 vintage Bible are embossed in gold with texts from the Bible. This Bible has over 200 illustrations of which many full page (and illustrated by Gustave Doré). Besides a complete presentation Authorized/King James Version and Old Testament Apocrypha, this Bible contains in additional sections (text from the title page): "concordance, and psalms in metre...a history of the religious denominations of the world, harmony of the four gospels, valuable treatises, history of the translation of the Bible, chronological and other useful tables, designed to promote and facilitate the study of the sacred Scriptures....together with an index, giving an account of the most remarkable passages in the Old en New Testaments, embellished with over 200 fine Scripture illustrations." There is also a - unused/blank -section for recording the personal family events.

This Bible is in a overall VERY GOOD condition. It can also be used and opened fairly easily as its bindings and spine have been professionally restored. There is NO writing on any of the pages. Still retains traces of the gold embossing on the edges of the covers and the edges of the pages are gold gilt. There are NO ripped or missing pages not any staining, just a slight 'aging' of the paper. There is some wear to the edges of the covers and areas on the leather. The claps are in fine working order. Overall a very nice antique Bible.