Thumb Bible. Verbum Sempiternum. Longman and co. London. 1849. [288] pages. Exact reprint (not facsimile) of 1693 third edition of couplets giving abstracts of scripture by John Taylor. Spelling revised. Including the New Testament, 'Salvator Mundi'. Printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick, in 12-point typeface. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Half-title slightly thumbed. 50 x 55 mm. Publisher's brown blind-stamped decorated calf. Lacks original metal piece where the clasp attaches to the front cover. This Longman edition was well enough received to go on to four furhter editions, the last one in 1860, and a final reprint in 1889 by Hodder & Stoughton. Johnston, x. Spielmann, 496. Stone, 'Snuff-Boxful', 44. Welsh, 1218. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide of this edition.