(BIBLE IN MINIATURE) [Taylor John] Verbum Sempiternum

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(BIBLE IN MINIATURE.) [Taylor, John.] Verbum Sempiternum. [vi, 280] pages plus one initial and two final blank flyleaves, collated as [4], A2-13, B1-I16 including a final blank. 32mo (2 x 1 1/2 inches), publisher's boards, worn; signatures partially unstitched, minor foxing, lacking leaves F8-9; with both half-titles. In custom 12mo 1/4 morocco tray case. Philadelphia: A. Steuart, circa 1765-69

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"Seventh edition," so called, but likely the fourth American edition of Taylor's abridgement of the Bible in verse, and thus one of the earliest American miniature books. This edition was published without a date, but the American Antiquarian copy was inscribed in 1769. Most examples of these early editions are lacking leaves, but this one (and the following example) are offered complete. Adomeit A155 (lists 5 copies, 2 of them defective); Bristol B2975; Welch 1293.4.