The hieroglyhick [i.e., 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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 30861.

Standardized Title:

Bible. English. Hieroglyphic Bible. 1818.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Picture Bibles.

Bible.

Picture books for children.

Evangelists (Bible).

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1818.

Rebuses.

Poems -- 1818.

Hymns.

Publishers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

Physical Description:

vii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 10-144 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Hieroglyphick Bible or Select passages in the Old and New Testaments.

Hieroglyphic Bible.

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Published by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. no. 6 Marlborough Street. J.T. Buckingham, printer., 1814 [that is, 1818]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Cover title: Hieroglyphick Bible. Price 75 cents. At head of cover title: Thomas' second edition.

"Valuable books, published and sold by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. ... January 1, 1818."--advertisement, back cover.

"On the incomparable treasure of the Holy Scriptures."--p. [viii], in verse. By Theodore Bèza.

"A hymn."--p. 141.

"Questions and answers out of the Holy Scriptures."--p. 142-144.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 30861).

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