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Bible. Selections. English. Authorized. 1788.
A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth : designed chiefly to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures : to which are subjoined, a short account of the lives of the Evangelists, and other pieces : illustrated with nearly five hundred cuts.
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Title:[Bible. Selections. English. Authorized. 1788.]
A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth : designed chiefly to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures : to which are subjoined, a short account of the lives of the Evangelists, and other pieces : illustrated with nearly five hundred cuts.
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Variant Title:Curious hieroglyphick Bible
Select passages in the Old and New Testaments
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Other Contributors/Collections:Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer.
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Published/Created:[Worcester] : Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas and sold ... at his bookstore, MDCCLXXXVIII [1788].
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
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Call Number: PZ6 1788 .B4
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Hieroglyphic Bibles.
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Edition:The first Worcester edition.
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Description:144 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm (12mo)
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Additional formats:Available also online.
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Local note:UBC Library has a copy lacking frontispiece and final leaf (pages 143-144).
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Notes:Originally published: London : T. Hodgson, 1783.
Signatures: A-M⁶.
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Cited in:Evans 20961
Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 510
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 128
ESTC W38300