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°).

Details

Subject(s)
Bookseller
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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