The story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation told in simple language for the young : revised, enlarged and newly illustrated.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, Charles, 1822-1887, author, publisher.

Contributor:

Sherman & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.

American Subscription Publishing Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--History of Biblical events.

Bible.

History of Biblical events.

Penn Provenance:

Stallybrass, Peter (donor) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Hamilton, Josephine Wilson, 1870-1967 (autograph) (inscription) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Wilson, John Curry, 1812-1895 (inscription) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Hamilton, James Alexander, 1944- (inscription) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Physical Description:

VIII, [1], 10-704 pages, [1] leaf of color plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Twenty-fourth thousand.

Manufacture:

Phila. : Sherman & Co., printers.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by Charles Foster, [1879]

Notes:

"Electrotyped by Dalsen & Oliver, Philadelphia."--Verso of title leaf.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017 by Peter Stallybrass.

LIBRA Rare copy has on page [i] dated 19th-century manuscript inscription ("Josephine Wilson from her Father on her tenth birth day October 13th 1880.") recording the gift of this volume from John Curry Wilson (1812-1895) to his daughter Josephine Wilson (later Hamilton; 1870-1967).

LIBRA Rare copy has on page [i] dated 20th-century manuscript inscription ("James Alexander Hamilton from Josephine Wilson Hamilton (Grammy) on his eleventh birthday December 22- 1955") recording the gift of this volume from Josephine Hamilton (née Wilson; 1870-1967) to James Alexander Hamilton (b. 1944), her grandson by her son Wilson Hamilton (1904-1990).

OCLC:

1388667304