Picture Bibles.

In the infancy of engraving on wood, and before the invention of printing, prints, representing the most important events narrated in sacred history, were circulated among the lower orders. The following works of that description are still extant, and are minutely described in Heineken's Idee generale d'un collection d'estampes, where, and in Dibdin's Bibliotheca Spenceriana, several facsimilies of the plates may be seen.

Biblia Pauperam, sive historia veteris et Novi Testamenti. Forty wood cuts, with engraved texts, between the years 1420 and 1450.

Memoriale quatuor Evangelistarum, vel ars memorandi notabilis, per figuras Evangelistarum. Fifteen plates of figures and fifteen of text; about 1430. Small folio. An edition with forty-eight cuts is in the Royal Library of Paris.

Scripture Subjects. Thirty-two plates, with a wood cut above, and German verses below.

Many engravings relating to the life of Christ are found in the illustrated bibles of every country. The most celebrated published in England, are Walton's Polyglot, with Hollar's plates, in eight folio volumes, between 1657 and 1669. The holy bible with engravings, by Fittler, after pictures by the old masters. 2 vols. 4to. and 2 vols. 8vo. 1795. Macklin's bible, with engravings from pictures and designs of English artists. 6 vols. folio. 1800. Hewlett's bible, with 120 engravings by Heath, Neagle, Fittler, &c. 3 vols. 4to. 1811.

Historischer bilder bibel, von J. Alrich. 1770. folio. Jost. Amman und Simon Huter neuwe biblische figuren, from Jost. Amman's designs. Francfort, 1564. 8vo.

Jost. Amman's engraved picture bible, after Wentzel Jamitzer, with German poetical explanations by H. P. Robenstock. Francfort, 1571.

Histoires de la bible, en 272 pieces, par Guil de Bé. Paris, 1643.

Hans Sebald. Behem's biblica historiæ artificiosissime depictæ. Latinis epigrammatibus à J. Emilio illustratæ. Franc. 1539. 8vo. Three hundred and forty-eight wood cuts. A German edition with the same cuts.

Solomon Bernard, figures de la bible; wood cuts, with Latin and French poetical explanations. Geneva, 1680. 8vo.

Icones Biblica. 120 wood cuts by Hans Bocksperger and Ammon. Francfort, 1564. 4to.

A series of eighty-one designs, taken from the Old and New Testament, by Thurston and Craig. Cut in wood by Bewick. London, 1800. 4to.

Gabriel Bodener, figures de la bible, 127 plates, in 2 vols.

Figures de la bible, with 120 engravings, by Van der Borcht. Amsterdam, 1646. With Dutch text, 1662. Oblong 4to.

Emblamata Sacra, a Petro Van der Borcht, aeri incisa. Amstel. folio.

Borluyt du Gand's history of the New Testament, with Flemish explanations. Lyon, 1577. 8vo.

Hans, or John Bresang, history of the New Testament, small plates, about 1620.

Andreas Bretschneider, 30 plates of biblical histories, 12 subjects on each plate.

Crispin Van den Broec, 32 subjects from the New Testament. 8vo.

Bybelsche figuren, by Van Buysen, 155 plates, oblong 4to. Amsterdam.

Nouveau Testament, par Callot, 82 prints. Paris, 1635. Gabriel Chappuys, figures de la bible, with poetical explanations. Lyon, 1582. 8vo.

François Chauveau, histoire sacree, from his own compositions.

Sebastien le Clerc, l'histoire sacree, en tableaux, published by Finé de Brianville. Paris, 1670-75. 3 Tom. 12mo. 145 plates.

Nicolas Cochin, figures de la bible, small.

La bible historiée traduit du Latin de Pierre Comestor, par Guyart des Moulins et Jean de Rely. 4 Tom. folio, with 410 minatures, printed on vellum. Paris. Black letter.

Corrozet's bible history, with engravings by Antony Wierx, Ger. De Jode, Phil. de Galle, And. et J. Collaert, J. and F. G. Sadeler, &c. 2 Tom. folio.

M. Jacob Cumberland's bible histories. Strasbourg, 1543. 4to. Wood cuts.

Sebastian Furcht's figures de la bible, with poetical explanations in Latin, German, and French. Ant. 1571. Philip Galle. Several sets of prints from the Old and New Testament, after Mart. Heemskirk, Mart. de Voss, Abr. Blockland, the elder Breughel, &c.

Inventiones ex utraque Testamento, about 250 engrayings by Galle, Collært, Vischer, and Muller, from the designs of Heemskirk, Stradan, and Sadeler.

Guillaume Gueroult, figures de la Bible, illustrees de huictains François, 1564. 8vo. Wood cuts.

Romain de Hooge, engravings for Basnage's history of the bible. Amsterdam, 1704, folio. 1706, 4to.

Hans Holbien. Historiarum Veteris Test. with Latin and French explanations. Ludg. 1509. 8vo. 1547, 4to. An edition French and English. Lyons, 1549. 4to. A set of very small plates from the New Testament.. Historische bilder bibel, von Johan Ulrich Krausen. Augspurg, 1702. Oblong 4to.

J. U. Krausen's bilder bibel, with German poetical explanations. Augspurg, 1705. folio. Part i. History of the Old Testament, 76 plates. Part ii. History of the New Testament, 59 plates, 4 subjects on each plate. Part iii. The life of Christ, 30 plates.

Kysel's picture bible. Augspurg, 1679. 4to.

Step. de Laulne's biblical history, from his own compositions.

Histoire les plus remarquables de l'ancien et du nouveau Testament, 62 engravings by John Luyken. Amsterdam, 1700. 2 Tom. folio.

Martin's histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, with 428 engravings. Amsterdam, 1700. 2 Tom. folio. La sainte bible, par de Sacy, with 300 engravings after the designs of Marillier and Mousiau. 12 Tom. 8vo. Paris, 1789.

Icones Biblicæ, by Matthew Merian. 8vo.

Histoire de l'ancien et du Nouveau Testament, with engravings by J. Moni, from his own designs. Lyons, about 1570.

Ottens's history of the bible, 150 plates by the principal engravers, with explanations in English and French. Amsterdam. 4to.

Claude Paradin's histoire sacree, wood cuts, with poetical explanations. Lyon, 1553. 8vo.

Quatuor Evangelia, Arabice et Latine, studio J. B. Raymundi, with engravings on wood by Lucas Pennis, after the designs of Anthony Tempesta. Rome, 1591. folio.

Figures de la bible, 220 prints by Picart, Houbraken, Blyswick, Folkema, &c. Atlas folio. La Haye, 1728. Theatrum Biblicum, per Nicolaum Johannis Piscatorem, with 466 engravings. Amsterdam, 1650. folio. Raphael's scripture histories, painted in the Vatican, engraved by Fran. Far. Aquila, 1772. folio. Pietro, Aquila, and Fantetti, 1772. folio. Borgiani, 4to. Cha

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preon, Lanfranc, and Bardaloccio, small plates, lengthways. Marc de Ravenna, and by Villamena.

Histoire du vieux et du Nouveau Testament, par Royaumont. Paris, 1670, large 4to. and besides many other editions, one at Paris with 270 engravings, 1812, 4to.

Saurin's discours sur les evenemens les plus memorables du vieux et du Nouveau Testament. 6 Tom. imperial folio, with 212 engravings from Hoet, Houbraken, and Picart's designs. Amsterdam, 1728-39. There are editions on paper of various sizes.

Quintin Pierre Schedel, les douze mois de l'annee, 24 plates from the New Testament.

Scheuchzer's Physica Sacra, German, 4 vols. folio, with 750 engravings. Augspurg, 1751. A French edition, Amsterdam, 1732-37. 8 tom. folio.

Corn. Van Sichem's bibel tresor, 797 wood cuts. Amsterdam, 1646. 4to.

Bybels Lusthof, 240 wood cuts by Van Sichem. Amsterdam, 1743. 4to.

Gab. Simeon's bible history in a series of engravings, with Italian poetical explanations. Venice, 1547. 8vo. and with Tuscan, 1577. 8vo.

Virgil Solis et Simon Huter. Icones Biblica, with Latin and German poetical explanations. Francfort, 1560. 4to.

Stackhouse's history of the bible, 2 vols. folio, with maps and plates. London, 1752.

Job Stimmer's bilder bibel, with German poetical explanations. Basil, 1676. 4to.

Tobias Stimmer's bilder bible, with Latin and German explanations.

Les figures du Vieil Testament et du Nouvel, publice par Verard, wood cuts. Paris, folio. Black letter.

History of the Old and New Testament, represented by artificial figures, with prose and poetical descriptions in