Description
Johann Hubner's zweymal zwey und funfzig ausserlesene biblische Historien aus dem Alten und Neuen Testamente : versechen mit 104 Kupferstichen, und den nothigen Registern; jer Jugend zum Besten abgefasset, nebst einer Vorrede des Autors, Wm. Wheit und Wm. Boyer, Harrisburg, 1826, 335 pp plus register, full original leather with clasps, 7.25 x 4.5”, 12mo. In fair condition. Boards are scuffed, worn and rounded. Works like this were used quite often and passed down through generations of families, so the wear seen is not uncommon. Creasing to spine from wear and use. Clasps in good working order, both attached. Old hand ownership dated 1832 on pastedown with dampness staining and ink staining, marginalia in old hand on end papers. Another old hand ownership dated 1850 (?) or 30 on second fly leaf. Frontis of Hubner is quite faded and stained. Interior is soiled with numerous instances of age-stain, dampness stain and foxing. Consistently toned throughout. A few edges are brittle and have chipped. 227 p. plate is torn but remains. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. An early Harrisburg, Pennsylvania imprint. Johann Hübner (1668-1731) was a German geographer and scholar, who taught by the question and answer method. His children’s Bible Biblische Historien (1714) was designed for use in schools. It went through 270 editions and was translated into 15 European languages, making it "the most popular and longest selling Bible of its type". For clarification, he adapted biblical stories to more recent stories to teach values. COLR1826BDFB
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