Antique 1870s Victorian Family Holy Bible - Large Leather Bound

assive scale with elaborate embossed and gilt tooled leather binding. The front cover with ornate raised panel in quatrefoil form and gilt title "Holy Bible" in Gothic lettering. Surrounding decoration with gilt medallions, foliate scrolls and intricate blind tooling.

Spine lettered: "HOLY BIBLE / BIBLE DICTIONARY AND HISTORY OF THE BIBLE" with heavy gilt decoration.

This is the classic 19th Century "Family Bible" - intended as the centerpiece of a Victorian parlor. Often includes chromolithograph plates, family record pages, etc.