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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.
1788
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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- Related Name
- Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Page 135 misnumbered as "235."
- Princeton copy 1 Inscribed on front pastedown: "Bot [sic] of a Jew (?) at [illegible] ... I gave one dollar for his book, Feb., 1861," and below that, in possibly another hand, "Mme. Blanchard."
- Princeton copy 3 Inscribed on front free endpaper recto: "Nathanial Thomas."
- Princeton copy 1 Bookplate of Sinclair Hamilton on front pastedown.
- Princeton copy 2: Bookplate of Sinclair Hamilton on front pastedown.
- Binding Note
- Princeton copy 1 Contemporary full dark brown sheep, blind-ruled on spine.
- Princeton copy 2 Quarter sheep with plain tan paper-covered boards.
- Princeton copy 2 Paper worn off boards in places, revealing the original wooden boards underneath.
- Princeton copy 3 Contemporary full dark brown sheep.
- Princeton copy 3 Rebacked in gilt-stamped brown leather.
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- Title
- 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.
- Call Number
- Eng 18 18404
- Hamilton 122s
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xw42nc491
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1788
- Format
- Book
- Extent
- viii pages, 9-144 pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 14 cm
- References
- Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 122
- Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 128
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Page 135 misnumbered as "235."
- Princeton copy 1 Inscribed on front pastedown: "Bot [sic] of a Jew (?) at [illegible] ... I gave one dollar for his book, Feb., 1861," and below that, in possibly another hand, "Mme. Blanchard."
- Princeton copy 3 Inscribed on front free endpaper recto: "Nathanial Thomas."
- Princeton copy 1 Bookplate of Sinclair Hamilton on front pastedown.
- Princeton copy 2: Bookplate of Sinclair Hamilton on front pastedown.
- Binding Note
- Princeton copy 1 Contemporary full dark brown sheep, blind-ruled on spine.
- Princeton copy 2 Quarter sheep with plain tan paper-covered boards.
- Princeton copy 2 Paper worn off boards in places, revealing the original wooden boards underneath.
- Princeton copy 3 Contemporary full dark brown sheep.
- Princeton copy 3 Rebacked in gilt-stamped brown leather.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0679b6c3-bd50-4041-afd6-aaacb4e89069/manifest