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 ID
1000
Year
1847
Entry
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.
Author/Editor
Sears, Robert, ed
Location
New York, NY
Holdings
In most academic libraries
Title
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.
Language
English
Printer/Publisher
Robert Sears;
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.
Collection
Chronological File, 1676 to 1900

Part of 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.

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.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/50559