The Bible Looking Glass

Multiple artists/makers

1874

Not on view

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Title: The Bible Looking Glass
Author: Rev. William Holmes (British, 18th century)
Author: Henry Howe (American, 1816–1893)
Illustrator: John Warner Barber (American, Windsor, Connecticut 1798–1885 New Haven, Connecticut)
Publisher: Bradley, Garreston & Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Published in: Philadelphia
Date: 1874
Medium: Illustrations: engravings
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (22.5 x 17 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Margaret Scherer, 1957
Object Number: 57.622.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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