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Thumb bibles : the history of a literary genre / by Gottfried Adam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adam, Gottfried, author.
- Series:
- Library of the written word ; volume 108
- The handpress world ; volume 87
- Standardized Title:
- Daumen-Bibel. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Thumb Bibles.
- Bible.
- Bible--Children's use.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 427 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Contents:
- Introduction : studying thumb bibles
- British thumb bibles during the seventeenth century
- Thumb bibles in Germany at the turn of the eighteenth century (1690-c.1710)
- The London Biblia, or a practical summary (1727) and its impact
- British thumb bibles in the nineteenth century
- American thumb bibles in the nineteenth century
- The end of the genre 'thumb bible' and its aftermath
- Findings of the study.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 03, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Adam, Gottfried. Thumb bibles
- ISBN:
- 9789004525887
- 9004525882
- Publisher Number:
- 40031483821
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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