Lot 9
9
The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old & New Testaments. London: Elizabeth Newbery, 1780. 40 x 27mm. Engraved title and 14 plates. Contemporary green morocco gilt with central red morocco onlay with monogram "J.H.S." Provenance: Harriet Perryn & Sarah Chandler ?Birt (old inscriptions on endpapers). Bondy p.34; Gumuchian 6251: "One of the rarest Newbery books and perhaps the smallest he ever published"; Mikrobiblion 18; Spielmann 17 (calling for 12 plates only); Welsh 1011.
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The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old & New Testaments. London: Elizabeth Newbery, 1780. 40 x 27mm. Engraved title and 14 plates. Contemporary green morocco gilt with central red morocco onlay with monogram "J.H.S." Provenance: Harriet Perryn & Sarah Chandler ?Birt (old inscriptions on endpapers). Bondy p.34; Gumuchian 6251: "One of the rarest Newbery books and perhaps the smallest he ever published"; Mikrobiblion 18; Spielmann 17 (calling for 12 plates only); Welsh 1011.

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The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old & New Testaments. London: Elizabeth Newbery, 1780. 40 x 27mm. Engraved title and 14 plates. Contemporary green morocco gilt with central red morocco onlay with monogram "J.H.S." Provenance: Harriet Perryn & Sarah Chandler ?Birt (old inscriptions on endpapers). Bondy p.34; Gumuchian 6251: "One of the rarest Newbery books and perhaps the smallest he ever published"; Mikrobiblion 18; Spielmann 17 (calling for 12 plates only); Welsh 1011.
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