Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) sharp with many of the sweet

with many of the sweet qualities of more frequently spotted carved marble lambs

in a manner that "leaves no points uncovered

There is a bit of tearing to the Lowell Pharmacy label

a special feeling thing and good for holding all sorts of things now

Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) sharp with many of the sweetI didn't know about "hieroglyphic bibles" produced in the late 1700s and making use of the rebus form (pictures replacing some of the words) as a means of introducing children to bible reading. The rarest, and first American version of these (only 4 copies are known to exist) was A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible published by Isaiah Thomas in 1788 in Worcester, MA, cited by the Library of Congress in 2012 as one of 88 "Books That Shaped America." This is