Peter Parley's book of Bible stories : for children and youth : with engravings
Print Book, English, 1838, ©1835
Munroe & Francis : Joseph H. Francis, 128 Washington-street ; Charles S. Francis, Boston, New-York, 1838, ©1835
Bible stories
256 pages : illustrations (wood-engravings) ; 15 cm
32538778
Wood engravings: frontispiece, title vignette, and illustrations
Frontispiece included in pagination
"This book consists, for the most part, of two little books which have recently made their appearance in England. The first of these is entitled 'Bible Letters, &c. by Lucy Barton;' the other, 'Gospel Stories; an attempt to render the chief events of the life of our Savior intelligible and profitable to young children. In preparing the volume for the American reader, I have taken the liberty to omit some passages in the works above mentioned, which seem not happily adapted to youth."--Preface, p. [v]
Goodrich, S.G. Recollections of a lifetime, v. 2, p. 543