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Title
A new hieroglyphical Bible : for the amusement & instruction of children : being a selection of the most useful lessons and most interesting narratives (scripturally arranged) from Genesis to the Revelations / embellished with familiar figures & striking emblems, elegantly engraved ; to the whole is added a sketch of the life of our blessed Saviour, the holy apostles &c. ; recommended by the Revd. Rowland Hill, M.A.
Call Number
Hamilton 211s
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/fj236588h
Publisher
New York : Printed for & published by the booksellers, 1796.
Language
English
Date Created
1796
Extent
144 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Provenance
Inscribed "Ruth Sheldon of Southampton ... December the 8th, 1796 ... "--in ink, on p. 2 of cover and "Ruth Sheldon, jun. her property, S. Hampton, April 13th 1801"--in ink, on first fly leaf recto. Also inscribed "Southampton, Abner Sheldon of Southampton ... " and a few lines of verse,--in ink, on last fly-leaf verso.
References
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 211
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Engravings attributed to Alexander Anderson by Hamilton.
Binding Note
Original boards, covered with Dutch gilt, embossed paper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Bible—Picture Bibles
Hieroglyphic Bibles
RE buses

Physical Characteristics

File Count
159

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/141ab4e1-f7ba-4dbd-97f2-20e731be2727/manifest