Handy little bibles to thumb through
The first ‘Thumb Bibles’, paraphrased or abridged versions of the good book, were published in the early 17th century – the London printer John Weever offering his 128- page An Agnus Dei, measuring just over 1in, in 1601.
Printed in 1616 was Verbum Sempiternum and Salvator Mundi comprising the Old and New Testaments in…