Details

Subject(s)

• Bible—Juvenile literature [Browse]

Dedicatee

• Washington, George, 1732-1799 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Poems [Browse]
• Prayers [Browse]
• Miniature books . [Browse]

Series

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 33410. [More in this series]

Contains

Taylor, John, 1580-1653. Salvator mundi. [Browse]

Notes

• An epitome of the Bible in verse, written by John Taylor and commonly known as the Thumb Bible. First published with title: Verbum sempiternum.
• A reissue of the eighth edition (Evans 26649), with cancel title page pasted over original title page. According to Welch, "some pages have been changed and reset." In the AAS copy the title page to the eighth edition has been exposed. It reads: The Bible. The eighth edition. Philadelphia: Printed for Sower & Jones, 66, No. Third-Street. by Jacob Johnson & Co.
• Dedicated by the editors to George Washington.
• "The history of the New Testament."--p. [163]-278. Half-title: The New Testament. First published with title: Salvator mundi.
• Prayers, p. [279]-286.

Reproduction note

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 33410).

References

• Evans 33410
• Adomeit, R.E. Thumb Bibles, A9
• Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 1293.8
• Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 232

Other format(s)

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.

Place name(s)

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

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