Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of Both Testaments

Published by Printed for J. Harris, late Newbery, & for Darton & Harvey ('E. Hemsted, Printer, Great-New-street, London'), London, 1790

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Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB

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London, Printed for J. Harris, late Newbery, & for Darton & Harvey ('E. Hemsted, Printer, Great-New-street, London'), [circa 1790]. A thumb Bible (44 × 32 × 18 mm), 254, [2] (blank, colophon) pages plus the engraved cumulative title leaf and 14 engraved plates (facing pages 18, 27, 42, 50, 71, 74, 86, 90, 106, 111, 116, 192, 199 and 221, with the relevant page number in the top right corner of each plate). 'Publisher's red morocco gilt, inlays of black morocco in centre of each cover with cross and initials JHS in gilt, within gilt-tooled sun tooling. Elaborate gilt-tooled borders with corner pieces of intertwined arabesques. Gilt-tooled spine, flat back in three compartments, with egg-shaped tools in each compartment. Gilt edges' (Spielmann); the binding is essentially in fine condition, with the contents near-fine. Spielmann 18 (recording a minor variant printed by 'Darton & Harvey, Gracechurch-Street, London', with 15 plates): 'Very similar to the Newbery Bible [1780], but with some alterations. The preface, for example, starts with the words: "It is not a very pleasant reflection", instead of "It is a melancholy reflection". The illustrations, based on the same design [as the Newbery Bible], have been re-engraved and are much better than the Newbery ones, both in quality and design'. Bondy, page 34.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of Both Testaments
Author
[Miniature Children's Bible]
Publisher
Printed for J. Harris, late Newbery, & for Darton & Harvey ('E. Hemsted, Printer, Great-New-street, London'), London
Publication year
1790
Condition
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
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Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB

Adelaide, SA, Australia

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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in March 1976, deal in fine and rare books, photographs and manuscripts. Treloars conduct regular specialist book auctions, maintain a retail outlet in the heart of the city of Adelaide and are longstanding members of Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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Photographs, Autograph material, Australiana (especially exploration and Aboriginal history), Large out of print and antiquarian stock

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Michael Treloar Pty Ltd

GPO Box 2289
Adelaide, SA Australia 5001