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Bible stories, or, A description of manners and customs peculiar to the East : especially explanatory of the Holy Scriptures / by the author of "Peter Parley's tales", &c.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection BS620 .D72 1870
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Draper, B. H. (Bourne Hall)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Study and teaching--Juvenile literature.
- Bible.
- Middle East--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
- Middle East.
- Manners and customs.
- Middle East Region.
- Penn Provenance:
- Spiller, Willie (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 215 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
- Edition:
- American edition, with many improvements. Illustrated by engravings.
- Other Title:
- Parley's Bible stories.
- Bible stories.
- Description of manners and customs peculiar to the East.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : C. Desilver, 1870.
- Notes:
- Another edition (Boston, Carter, Hendee & Co., 1832) has title: Bible illustrations ... by the Rev. B.H. Draper. Both editions contain the statement that they were copyrighted by Samuel G. Goodrich ("Peter Parley") but the work is not included in Goodrich's list of his works in his "Recollections of a lifetime". It is not the same work as "Peter Parley's Book of Bible stories".
- Spine title: Parley's Bible stories.
- Includes questions for study.
- OCLC:
- 26838850
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