The Bible in minuiture(!) or A concise history of the Old & New Testaments.

64mo, 4,2 x 3 cm : 256 pp.

Publ. black morocco, elaborate gilt-tooled borders and central red morocco oval inlaid with initials JHS within gilt-tooled sun tooling on covers, gilt orn. flat spine, gilt sides, a.e.g. Good copy.

Successful "thumb Bible" published by Elizabeth Newbery, the widow of Francis Newbery who was the nephew of the famous John Newbery, publisher and author of many pioneering children's books. Ill. (complete) with 2 engr. titles and 13 plates (bibliographers usually mention  12 pl.). "One of the rarest Newberry books and perhaps the smallest he ever published" (Gumuchian). Nice copy in publisher's morocco. Ref. Welsh 1011 (= Mikrobiblion 18). - Bondy p. 34. - Spielmann 17. - Gumuchian 6251. - COPAC (= ESTC T127856).