Parley P. Pratt announces that Book of Abraham will soon be published; says it is older than the Bible.
Parley P. Pratt, "Notices," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 3, no. 2 (June 1842): 32
Also, that we expect, in next month's "Star," to give some extracts from the "Book of Abraham"—a relick of greater antiquity than the Bible, written on papyrus, and taken from the breast of an Egyptian mummy, now in the possession of, and translated by Joseph Smith.—ED.