(144)pp. Illustrated with double-page frontispiece engraving of Leipzig; second frontispiece engraving of Christina Ewartina, the Electress of Saxony and Queen Consort of Poland, for whom this Thumb Bible was commissioned; five full-page engravings throughout. One of the earliest known German editions of what has come to be known as a "Thumb Bible" - a versified synopsis of Biblical texts that first appeared in English with the publication of John Weever's An Agnus Dei in 1601, followed by John Taylor's Verbum Sempiternum in 1614. The first German edition, cited by Adomeit, appeared in Nuremberg in either 1704 or 1705, though the extant copy cited (C1) was missing at the time the bibliography was compiled and no record of a copy exists on OCLC. This edition, therefore, is the earliest extant German edition. Moreover, of the two editions published by Knaute cited by Adomeit, both of which bear the 1707 date, one contains seven engravings (C3 as here), while the second contains three (C4). The version with fewer engravings also features slightly larger dimensions (1 5/16 by 7/8 inches, versus 1 1/4 by 7/8 inches as here). Rare: only one copy located at Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek in Weimar. Bound in contemporary turquoise velvet with silver fore-edge clasp. Velvet shows some rubbed areas and a couple of splits to spine ends; small stain on colophon leaf affecting printer's last name. Overall a nearly fine copy. (1 1/4 by 7/8 inches; 31 x 25mm). (Adomeit C3).