Accession number
PML 86688
Published
Tot Amsterdam : By Gerrit Bouman, 1736.
Credit line
Gift; Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
The predecessor to the hieroglyphic bible in English. 150 engravings plus engraved frontispiece.
Engraved illustrated imprint as frontispiece on leaf [2] of first gathering, contiguous with leaf [5], dated 1736, with "Uitlegging van de titelplaat" facing.
Engraved t.p. illustration, 150 plates of illustrations and text.
"Sleutel tot dese print-Bybel : verklarende yder spreuk soo als deselve in den text gelesen werd, en met de giguren moet uitgesproken werden"--[24] p. at end.
Engraved illustrated imprint as frontispiece on leaf [2] of first gathering, contiguous with leaf [5], dated 1736, with "Uitlegging van de titelplaat" facing.
Engraved t.p. illustration, 150 plates of illustrations and text.
"Sleutel tot dese print-Bybel : verklarende yder spreuk soo als deselve in den text gelesen werd, en met de giguren moet uitgesproken werden"--[24] p. at end.
Description
[10] p., 150 leaves of plates, [24] p. : ill. ; 17 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary vellum.
Classification
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