The Bible in Miniature, or A Concise History of Both Testaments.

Item Number: 108551

London: Printed for J. Harris, late Newbery, c. 1800.

An exceptional example of the Newbery Bible in miniature. Bound in the original full crushed red morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, fleuron cornerpieces within elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels with central green morocco onlays with the holy cypher lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous full-page engravings. Miniature bookplate to the pastedown. In fine condition. A superior example.

This miniature abridgment of the Old and New Testaments was published by Elizabeth Newbery, the niece-in-law of renowned children's book publisher John Newbery, the first publisher in England to focus on the publication of children’s books and the one for whom the annual Newbery Medal in children’s literature is named.