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<dl><dd>59 pages, 22 leaves of plates : 32 cm</dd>
<dd>"Photographed from the originals and printed in platinotype."</dd>
<dd>Includes half-title page</dd>
<dd>Originally published in 1854 by Messrs. Constable of Edinburgh in "a series of twenty photographs of drawing ... under the title 'Illustrations of scripture by an animal painter, with notes by a naturalist'."--Page v. "Of the twenty drawings in the former issue two have been rejected as inferior; ... four new drawings have been introduced ... The notes by a naturalist have not been reprinted ..."--Page viii</dd>
<dd>The raven -- The dove -- The ram caught in the thicket -- The plague of frogs -- The firstborn of Egypt -- The horse and his rider -- The scape goat -- The ewe lamb -- Goats and conies -- Apes and peacocks -- The dogs and Jezebel -- The lion -- Babylon a court for owls -- The stork and the swallow -- The leopard -- Rabbah a stable for camels -- The fowls of the air -- The herd of swine -- The hen and chickens -- The dogs and Lazarus -- The viper -- Horses and ships</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Bible; Bible -- Illustrations; Animals -- Pictorial works; Animals in art; Animals</div>
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Blackburn, Jemima, 1823-1909</div>
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