MINIATURE THUMB BIBLE - 19TH CENTURY - Bible in Miniature. Or a Concise History of Both Testaments .

London. Printed for J. Harris, late Newbery & for Darton & Harvey. [ c. 1807] . 0. A very good original full leather binding. 64mo. [2pp.]/pp.254/[2pp.] . 1.7" x 1.2" x 0.7" (46mm x 32mm x 19mm). Bound in red morocco, with gilt corner decorations and a central black oval onlay with the Christogram JHS in gilt on both covers. Spine gilt in three compartments. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped. All page edges gilt (dulled). Marbled endpapers. Printed title-page. 14 Engraved plates, at pages 12, 18, 42, 50, 71, 74, 86, 90, 106, 111, 116, 192, 199, 221. Lacks two leaves of text (pp.23-26) and one engraving. New Testament half-title on G4 . Colophon on separate leaf after p.254 : "E. Hemsted, Printer, Great-New-Street, London." ** Referenced by: B70 - Three Centuries Of Thumb Bibles.. R. E. Adomeit ".. Bondy dates this edition ca. 1785-90, which seems to early. Welch dates it ca. 1807, stating that Hemsted printed for J. Harris 1807-17." *** "John Harris (1756–1846) published children's books in England from the end of the 18th century to the mid-19th century, creating innovative and popular new styles. Apprenticed to Thomas Evans he found employment for a short time with John Murray before joining John Newbery's publishing firm. Harris took over Newbery's firm which had passed first to his son Francis Newbery, then to his nephew and nephew's wife. Harris had managed the firm for Elizabeth Newbery and in 180 bought it from her, renaming in his own name.." - See Carpenter, Humphrey, and Mari Prichard. (1984). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.

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