Author: HIEROGLYPHICAL BIBLE.
Title: A New Hieroglyphical Bible, For the Amusement & Instruction of Children; Being A Selection of the most useful Lessons. And most interesting Narratives: (Scripturally Arranged) From Genesis to the Revelations. Embellished with Familiar Figures, & Striking Emblems. Elegantly Engraved. To the whole is added a Sketch of the life of our Blessed Saviour, The Holy-Apostles &c. Recommended by the Revd. Rowland Hill M.A.
Description: London: Printed & published by G. Thompson No. 13 Long Lane. West Smithfield. MDCCSCIV. 1794 12mo, 135 x 85 mms., pp. 144, engraved frontispiece pasted to verso of top board, both boards printed with illustrations(front board partially coloured); front joint a little tender, some wear to boards It is difficult to know what appeal the endorsement of the evangelical preacher, Roland Hill,(1744–1833) might have had, but to judge from the number of copies of this edition both in libraries and private collections, it was significant and Thomson would have been happy with his sales. Neither the Methodists nor the Church of England approved of him: the Methodists disliked his theology, and the C of E disapproved on his itinerant teaching. Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books,; 513.1; Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books,; 181; Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.),; 153; O'Callaghan. List of eds. of the Holy Scriptures,; p. 47-48; Evans. Amer. bibl.,; 26651

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