Bible; hieroglyphic. A New Hieroglyphical Bible, for the Amusement and Instruction of Children: being a Selection of the most Useful Lessons and most Interesting Narratives ... Embellished with Familiar Figures and Striking Emblems: Elegantly Engraved. To the whole is added a Sketch of the Life of Our Blessed Saviour, the Holy Apostles, etc. Recommended by the Revd. Rowland Hill, 1st edition thus, G. Thompson 1794, engraved frontispiece and title-page, woodcut illustrations throughout the text, 2 full-page, light staining to lower outer corners of a few leaves, a few other marks, ownership inscription 'J. C. Gething, 1808' to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, rubbed, 12mo (13.2 x 8.2 cm) (Qty: 1) ESTC T123482; Sabin 53013 for the first US edition (published in Boston later the same year). Hieroglyphic bibles have key words replaced with a rebus for educational purposes. ESTC traces eight copies in UK libraries, and six in the US.
Bible; hieroglyphic. A New Hieroglyphical Bible, for the Amusement and Instruction of Children: being a Selection of the most Useful Lessons and most Interesting Narratives ... Embellished with Familiar Figures and Striking Emblems: Elegantly Engraved. To the whole is added a Sketch of the Life of Our Blessed Saviour, the Holy Apostles, etc. Recommended by the Revd. Rowland Hill, 1st edition thus, G. Thompson 1794, engraved frontispiece and title-page, woodcut illustrations throughout the text, 2 full-page, light staining to lower outer corners of a few leaves, a few other marks, ownership inscription 'J. C. Gething, 1808' to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, rubbed, 12mo (13.2 x 8.2 cm) (Qty: 1) ESTC T123482; Sabin 53013 for the first US edition (published in Boston later the same year). Hieroglyphic bibles have key words replaced with a rebus for educational purposes. ESTC traces eight copies in UK libraries, and six in the US.
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