Scripture Animals, or Natural History of the Living Creatures Named in the Bible, Written Especially for Youth.

Scripture Animals, or Natural History of the Living Creatures Named in the Bible, Written Especially for Youth.

Portland:

Published by William Hyde,

1834

Illustrated with cuts. 1000 copies printed.

Jonathan Fisher, born in 1768, attended Harvard in 1788 and moved to the small village of Blue Hill (in the District of Maine) in 1796 as the Pastor of the Congregational Church. Scripture Animals was Fisher’s masterpiece containing 139 wood cuts throughout the text. His woodcuts are handsome, stylish, and well composed. One of the most interesting engravings is of the Lion on page 157. Reportedly, Fisher saw a lion in Boston in 1794.

From the Collection of Bob Macdonald

Jonathan Fisher

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