The Bible [electronic resource]

Bib ID:
3395260
Format:
Book
Author:
Taylor, John, 1580-1653
Uniform Title:
Verbum sempiternum
Online Version:
http://opac.newsbank.com/select/evans/33410
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Edition:
The ninth edition.
Description:
  • Philadelphia: : Printed for W. Jones, no. 30, N. Fourth St., 1798
  • [2], 286, [2] p. : ill. ; 56 mm.
Series:
Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 33410.
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.
  • Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Cited In:
  • 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
Reproduction:
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. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 33410). Mode of access : World Wide Web.
Subject:
Bible -- Juvenile literature
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Place:
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
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