Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) sharp Some staining to lower left

Some staining to lower left corner and along fold lines  and a few small holes as evident

it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball"

Also on the inside of the front cover

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

in a manner that "leaves no points uncovered

Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) sharp Some staining to lower leftI 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