A curious hieroglyphick bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testament : represented with near 500 emblematical figures ... for the amusement of youth ... : to which is added, a short account of the lives of the Evangelists, and other pieces, illustrated with cuts.

Uniform title
Format
Book, Microform
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed by and for T. Hodgson, in George's-Court, St. John's-Lane, Clerkenwell, MDCCLXXXII [1783]
Description
136 pages : illustrations (wood engravings) ; 14 cm (12°).

Copies in the Library

Location Call Number Status
Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 153624 Eng 18 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Rare books genre
    Notes
    • "[Price One Shilling bound.]" --After imprint on title page.
    • "Entered at Stationers-Hall agreeable to act of Parliament" --At foot of title page.
    • Illustrations : In addition to many small rebus cuts, wood-engraved frontispiece of Adam and Eve and half-page cuts of the four Evangelists, Doomsday, and at the head of the "Church Catechism," showing an affluent father with his four boys (p. 127).
    • Cotsen copy: "Miss L. Hollingsworth, 1784" --Inscribed on front free endpaper verso.
    Binding note
    • Publisher's tan paper-covered pictorial boards, upper depicting an angel (St. George?) holding a title banner and standing atop a dragon, and lower cover depicting a lamb, both set within floral-patterned border.
    • Cotsen copy: Within later blue cloth clamshell case, upper with brown gilt-stamped morocco onlay, with title and date.
    References
    ESTC, T67284
    Other title(s)
    • Select passages in the Old and New Testament
    • Hieroglyphic bible
    Cover title
    • Hieroglyphick Bible
    OCLC
    1347201571
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