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Unicorns? Unicorns!

We love these “symbolical” or “hierogliphical” bibles so much, especially for their handsome animal illustrations. 

We checked: The King James Version does use the phrase “from the horns of the unicorn,” though many other translations give “from the horns of the wild oxen.”

Bible. Selections. English. 1831.   The symbolical Bible : for the amusement and instruction of children, containing a selection of interesting narratives from Genesis to Revelations in the text of the holy scriptures : being the Hieroglyphical Bible, corrected and much enlarged, embellished with near two hundred emblems : to which is added the life of our blessed saviour, and brief sketches of the lives of the apostles, with questions on each.  New York : Published by N.B. Holmes, 1831.