Cover is embossed and still rich in color and design. Book is incredibly well-preserved, especially considering that it is 142 years old. Cover has a couple of bumped corners, with wear on the top and bottom of the spine. Book has no writings or markings but for minor smudges on the second page in (no text on this page). Front end papers are starting to wear near the spine. Book has some tanning concentrating most on the front and back pages and page edges.  Binding is good. 

The illustrated Hand-Book to all Religions: from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time including the Rise, Progress, Doctrines and Government of all Christian Denominations. Complied from their own publications and viewed from their own standpoint. Together with an account of the Jewish and all other systems of religion that have existed, or now throughout the world. With Nearly 300 illustrations.