An abridgement of scripture history designed for the amusement and improvement of children : wherein the most striking actions in the Old Testament are made plain to the youngest capacities : adorned with the head peices expressive of the subject of each narrative, curiously engraved on 60 copper plates and dedicated to the infant Bishop of Osnaburg by an eminent divine.

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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed & Sold by Edwd. Ryland, in the Old Bailey, MDCCLXV [1765]
Description
112 pages, 3 leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 17 cm

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Notes
  • "Price bound 2s. 6d." --At foot of t.p.
  • Engraved title page with vignette, frontispiece by Grignion after Wale depicting Frederick Augustus, the second son of George III, being led by Science, or Learning, to "Divine Wisdom" enthroned, and fifty six numbered plates, accompanying prose text below.
  • "Published according to Act of Parliament, 1765" -- Below frontis.
  • Cotsen copy: Printed book-label, "Parham, Sussex," on frontispiece recto.
Binding note
Cotsen copy: Later dark brown half roan with marbled boards.
References
  • ESTC, N28324
  • Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, II p. 750
Other title(s)
Scripture history designed for the amusement and improvement of children
OCLC
1056242483
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