The Holy Bible old / new Testaments , translated out of the original tongues.

awarded at the " International Cotton Exposition " Atlanta GA 1881

copyright both 1881 / 1882.

Spine in nice cond for age.  Edges/corners have some wear-thru see scans, inside pages much nicer.  overall good collectible condition.   Last page has some tears and wear along edges.   

probably leather , very thick.

No breaks to binding or hindges , as pages overall are nice condition.

a number of Beautiful full color illustrations.

There are two metal clasps to top/right and bottom/right edges of front cover. 

This Bible alone weights aprox  12.5  pounds.   postage by media mail / insured / signature confirmation.

antique 1881-1882,  very large family Holy Bible with gilt stamped heavy embossed tooled covers , probably leather.

a number of colored plates, several tissue covered engravings and hundreds and hundreds of b/w illustrations throughout.

contains William Smith's Standard Bible Dictionary.

At very back of Bible ,  a photo album with two thick pages for cdv and tintype photo images.

 The Bible measures aprox 10-1/2 x 12 x 4-1/2 inches thick 

 the front Presentation page marked in , last name  " Kelley ".

overall pages of the bible are clean.

 This Bible received the highest prize of Merit at the 1881 International Cotton Exposition held in Atlanta 1881 edition. The Bible was published by Baird & Dillon , New York.

Title page mentions over 2500 scripture illustrations.