Bible Dictionary 1900 Antique Religious Book Wm. Smith, Edited FN & MA Peloubet

Bound in black textured leather with five raised bands on the spine with title and authors in gold gilt to top of back strip and on the front cover. Flexible hardbound boards have wear along all sides and edges, rubbing to the leather but text is bright and readable. The spine has sun fading making text harder to read and with wear at the top and bottom of the back strip. Rounded corners have much of leather worn from front edges, with less on the rear corners. The spine is straight, binding is tight, and hinges are sound with no cracking to the heavy black end papers. Text block is solid, all pages firmly attached, with an edge of gold gilt along all sides of the text block. Age tanning throughout. Pages 253 thru 258 have a crease to the bottom corner. Otherwise, all internal pages are clean, with no tears, cracking, or previous owner marks. 815 pages including Appendix plus 8 pages of color maps. Dimensions: H – 7-1/2” W – 5-1/4” D – 1-3/4”