Hieroglyphick Bible
Identifier |
BOK.IRE.AD1789
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Title |
Hieroglyphick Bible
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Alternative 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 Cuts. The Fourth Edition; With Additions, and other great Improvements.
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Description |
A collection of Bible verses and "a short account of the lives of the Evangelists" represented with pictures to assist young readers. This book's purpose was "to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures."
A section of Questions and Answers can be found in the back of the book, used to test the children's knowledge of the things they may have learned from the book. |
Date Created |
1789 AD
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Publisher |
B. Dugdale
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Geographical Coverage |
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Temporal Coverage |
18th Century AD
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Format |
Print
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Version |
Fourth Edition
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Collecting Areas |
English
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Language |
English
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Provenance |
Illegible handwritten script on the recto side of the first endpaper
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Subject |
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Type |
Bible
Bible for Children
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Bibliographic Citation |
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 pleafing and diverting Manner, with early Ideas of the Holy Scriptures. To Which Are Subjoined, A fhort Account of the Lives of the Evangelists, and other Pieces, illuftrated with Cuts. The Fourth Edition; With Additions, and other great Improvements. Dublin: B. Dugdale, 1789.
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