Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) sharp wonderful from every angle and

wonderful from every angle and down to every detail

Also on the inside of the front cover

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

There is a bit of tearing to the Lowell Pharmacy label

From what I've learned these are fairly rare

Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) sharp wonderful from every angle andI 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