The history of the Old Testament in verse
Subtitle: with one hundred and eighty sculptures : in two volumes ...
By: written by Samuel Wesley ... ; the cuts done by J. Sturt
Publisher: Printed for Cha. Harper
Published: 1704
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 709
Subjects: History of Biblical events; Poetry; Bible. O.T.
Notes: Signatures : 1 leaf unsigned, A⁴, B-Z⁸ (B³ and B⁴ reversed); 2 leaves unsigned, Aa-TT⁸, Vv-Az⁴, Aaa⁴. Vol. 1 has engraved frontispiece; v. 1-2 have engraved title pages reading: The history of the Old and New Testament, attempted in verse. London : Printed for C. Harper, 1704 and The history of the Holy Bible, from the revolt of the ten tribes to the end of the prophets. London : Printed for C. Harper [1704?], respectively.

Includes paraphrases and selected appropriate Biblical texts and vignettes; also selections from the Aprocrypha with vignettes.

In manuscript on leaf A²: Esther Young (?)

Bookplate of Truman H. Newberry Library.

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