The Lincoln Bible is the Bible used by US President Abraham Lincoln at his presidential inauguration. This Bible, part of the collection of the Library of Congress, was also used by Barack Obama at his presidential inauguration in 2009.[1]
The Bible is an Oxford University Press edition, published in 1853, has 1280 pages, and measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) in length and 10 cm (4 in) in width, and 4.5 cm in thickness,[2][3] and is bound in burgundy red velvet with gilt edges.[1][3]
The Bible was on display at the Library of Congress until May 2009 in a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial.[3]
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