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EARLY AMERICAN THUMB BIBLE (BIBLE IN MINIATURE.) [Taylor, John.] Verbum Sempiternum. The Seventh Edition with Amendments. A1-I16, unpaginated. 16mo,
EARLY AMERICAN THUMB BIBLE (BIBLE IN MINIATURE.) [Taylor, John.] Verbum Sempiternum. The Seventh Edition with Amendments. A1-I16, unpaginated. 16mo, publisher's boards, backstrip perished, worn; signatures partially unstitched, minor soiling, early owner's inscription on the the rear blank dated 1771. Philadelphia: A. Steuart, circa 1765-69
- Notes: The first American edition of this thumb bible was published in 1763 and is considered the first miniature book printed in America. All 18th-century American thumb bibles are scarce, with only a handful appearing at auction in the last half century. Adomeit A155; Bristol B2975; Shipton & Mooney 42009; Welch 1293.4
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