MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 21009123
003 DLC
005 20091008151006.0
008 821001s1774 mauac j 000 0 eng
010 $a 21009123
040 $aDLC$cCarP$dDLC$edcrb
050 00 $aPZ6$b.H629 1774
051 $aPZ6$b.H629 1774 Copy 2$cVariant tail-piece. Imperfect: t.p. and last leaf wanting. Multiple tears mended with tape throughout.
245 04 $aThe history of the Holy Jesus :$bcontaining a brief and plain account of his birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven, and his coming again at the great and last Day of Judgment : being a pleasant and profitable comparison for children, composed on purpose for their use /$cby A lover of their precious souls.
250 $aThe twenty-fifth edition.
260 $aBoston :$bPrinted and sold by John Boyle ...,$c1774.
300 $a[48] p. :$bill., 1 port. (woodcuts) ;$c11 cm. (16mo)
500 $aIn verse.
500 $aIncludes: "The child's body of divinity," an alphabet, p. [41]-[43], and "St. Paul's shipwreck," p. [44]-[46].
500 $aFive of the 19 woodcuts are signed I.T., attributed by some to Isaiah Thomas. See Haviland and Early American imprints series, Evans 1639-1800 (Archive of Americana). The woodcut on B7 recto with caption, "Abraham offering up his son Isaac," is repeated on A5 verso with the caption, "Herod slaying the innocent."
500 $aSignatures: [A]⁸ B-C⁸.
510 4 $aWelch, D.A. Amer. children's books,$c587.25
510 4 $aRosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books,$c79
510 4 $aBristol$cB3763
510 4 $aShipton & Mooney$c42625
510 4 $aHaviland, V. Children's reading in America, 1776$cp. [4]
561 $aLC copy has inscription of Dorcas Tibbits.$5DLC
600 00 $aJesus Christ$vPoetry.
655 7 $aJuvenile literature$y1774.$2rbgenr
700 0 $aLover of their precious souls.
700 1 $aBoyle, John,$d1746-1819,$eprinter.
700 1 $aThomas, Isaiah,$d1749-1831,$eengraver.