Description: The 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. Fourth Edition. Author: Thomas, Isaiah 16mo.(3.5" x 5.5") 1830. Thomas, Isaiah. Hartford: Silas Andrus. Quarter leather over wood, breaks and loss to both boards. Spine with "H.K. Bible" in gilt. No endpapers, closed tear to title page, prior owners name in ink to recto, 132pp, several pages with closed tears, slight chipping to some page edges. Hole in middle of page 11/12, soiled fore-edges, intermittent foxing, etc. Not particularly an attractive book (see pics), but it is indeed a very interesting one. Close to 500 woodcuts. From the Web: A hieroglyphic Bible replaces some of the words of the text with pictures. Such Bibles were at one time very popular in Great Britain and America and were used as a means of teaching Scripture to children in a direct, simple, and interesting way. Presented here is the first American hieroglyphic Bible, A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select Passages in the Old and New Testaments, produced in 1788 by the preeminent early American printer and pioneer publisher of children's literature Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831). A landmark in 18th-century American book illustration, the Bible contains nearly 500 woodcuts by American artists and is the most ambitious woodcut book produced in America up to that time. In his preface, Thomas offers the book not only as a pleasing method of teaching Bible lessons to children, but as "an easy Way of leading them on in Reading." Thomas learned the art of engraving while apprenticed in his youth to the Boston printer Zechariah Fowle. Based primarily in Worcester, Massachusetts, Thomas produced 65 children's books and is widely acclaimed as America's first enlightened printer of such books, often compared with John Newbery of London, England, with whom he shared the motto, "Instruction with delight." We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookseller at gmail.com, we may just have it! Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey, Sonny Ideker Bookseller is located within City Antiques in Historic Roswell, Georgia at 700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA. 30076. We would love to have you visit, or email us at sidekerbookseller at gmail.com for specific wants or needs, thanks! Find Us On: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Sonny-Ideker-Bookseller-Rare-Antiquarian-Leather-Vellum-Bound-Books-100068669041560/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SonnyIdekerBookseller/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonny_ideker_bookseller Antique Books, Old Leather Book, Old Vellum Book, Decorative Binding, Antiquarian Book, Vintage decorative, Ancient Leather, Rare Books, Rebus Puzzle, Childrens book, Religious Teach, Youth religion, half brown leather, wood boards, woodcut illustrations, Decorative Books, Decorative Leather, Beautiful Decorative Book, Religious Instruction
Price: 275 USD
Location: Roswell, Georgia
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