The Bible
Contributors: Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee; Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
Edition: The ninth edition
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 33410
Publisher: Printed for W. Jones, no. 30, N. Fourth St.
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Bible -- Juvenile literature
Work titles: Verbum sempiternum
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

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

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series

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. First series ; no. 33410)