Singerman ID#1000

The Pictorial Sunday Book, designed for the use of Families, Bible Classes, and Sunday School Teachers: Derived Principally from the Manners and Customs of the Jews; The Rites, Traditions, and Antiquities, of Eastern Nations, explanatory of Many Portions of the Old and New Testaments. Together with Interesting Descriptions of the Principal Places Mentioned in the Bible. Illustrated by Numerous Landscape Scenes, from Sketches taken on the Spot.

Singerman Entry

Singerman ID#1000

Sears, Robert, ed. The Pictorial Sunday Book, designed for the use of Families, Bible Classes, and Sunday School Teachers: Derived Principally from the Manners and Customs of the Jews; The Rites, Traditions, and Antiquities, of Eastern Nations, explanatory of Many Portions of the Old and New Testaments. Together with Interesting Descriptions of the Principal Places Mentioned in the Bible. Illustrated by Numerous Landscape Scenes, from Sketches taken on the Spot. New York: Robert Sears; J. S. Redfield; Edward Walker; Nafis & Cornish; Boston: Saxton & Kelt; Philadelphia: C. E. Toothaker; Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co.; John Jones; Lindsay & Blakiston; Albany, N.Y.: W. C. Little; Utica, N.Y.: Bennett, Backus, & Hawley; Pittsburg: B. L. Fahnestock; Baltimore: Parsons & Preston; Richmond, Va.: L. M. Harrold; Perkins & Ball; Charleston, S.C.: Silas Howe; Pennfield, Ga.: W. Richards; Mobile, Ala.: T. P. Miller; Eutaw, [Ala.]: F. P. Strother; New Orleans: J. C. Morgan; St. Louis, Mo.: John Barnhurst; Louisville, Ky.: Edgar Haycraft; Detroit, Mich.: A. M’Farren; Chicago, Ill.: Ellis & Fergus; Peoria, Ill.: J. Y. Green; St. John, N.B.: G. & E. Sears; Halifax, N.S.: A. & W. Mackinlay; Joseph Graham; C. H. Belcher, MDCCCXLVII [c1846]. 592 p., [2] p. of adv.

Notes

Enhanced by engravings of Jewish scenes, as in “Modern Jewish Passover” (p. 25). Half-title: Sears’ Pictorial Sunday Book. Copy at PPL is Sixth thousand and it contains more pages of advertising at the end.