📖 Collector's Summary (For the Impatient!)

✅ Authentic 1896 A.J. Holman & Co. edition
✅ Smith's Pronouncing Bible Dictionary
✅ Includes Cruden's Complete Concordance
✅ 4,000 Questions & Answers on the Old & New Testaments
✅ Hundreds of engravings and fold-out color maps
✅ Attractive Victorian cloth binding with decorative cover
✅ Great display piece for pastors, collectors, historians, and Bible students

🦩 Ethel's Flamingo Fulfillment Center Presents...

Well now... this beauty waddled into the FFC looking like it had been quietly educating Sunday School teachers since Grover Cleveland was president. 📚🦩

Printed in 1896, this isn't just another old Bible reference book—it's practically a Victorian theological toolbox.

Inside you'll find:

✨ Smith's famous Bible Dictionary
✨ Pronouncing guide to Biblical names
✨ Cruden's Complete Concordance
✨ 4,000 Bible Questions & Answers
✨ Historical illustrations
✨ Gorgeous fold-out color maps of the Holy Land, Babylonian Empire, Persian Empire, Grecian Empire, Roman Empire, and more.

Whether you're a collector of antique religious books, a pastor, historian, genealogy enthusiast, or simply appreciate beautifully made Victorian books, this volume checks a lot of boxes.

📏 Approximate Measurements

Height: approximately 9 inches
Hardcover clothbound edition

📖 Condition

Very nice antique condition for a 129-year-old volume.

Features include:

Original decorative maroon cloth boards
Attractive gilt spine lettering
Decorative marbled page edges
Interior pages are remarkably clean
Fold-out maps remain present
Numerous engravings and illustrations throughout
Light shelf wear, edge wear, and corner wear consistent with age
Small wear spot on spine cloth (see photos)
Light toning expected for an antique publication
Binding remains solid

Please review all photographs carefully, as they are part of the description and condition.

📚 Historical Notes

Compiled from Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, this edition combines several highly respected Biblical reference works into one substantial volume.

Published by A. J. Holman & Co. of Philadelphia in 1896, these reference books became staples in churches, seminaries, libraries, and family homes throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Collectors especially appreciate editions retaining the original fold-out maps and illustrated plates.

💡 Alternative Uses (According to Ethel)

🦩 Impress guests by casually placing a 129-year-old Bible dictionary on your coffee table.

🦩 Perfect for pastors, Bible teachers, antique book collectors, or anyone who enjoys Victorian craftsmanship.

🦩 Makes a wonderful display piece in a study, office, library, or church.

🦩 Conversation starter guaranteed.

(Fred suggested using it as a doorstop. Fred has been reassigned to bubble wrap inspection.)

📦 From the Flamingo Fulfillment Center

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