5 unnumbered pages, 4-220 printed pages. Printer's statement: "The publishers beg to thank the Oxford University Press for enabling them to produce in this tiny form a facsimile of their Pica 16mo New Testament, printed on the very thinnest Oxford India paper ever made" - printed on the verso of half-title. In "Midget-book with magnifier" tin case with magnifier & with loop. One of the smallest of all Bryce miniature books and the smallest New Testament ever printed. "Staggeringly small"-Bondy. Facsimile of Oxford Pica 16mo and printed on the "very thinnest Oxford Paper ever made". 16 x 18 mm. Original blue morocco. Also issued by publisher as one of a twelve-volume set in a metal shelved glass case with the heading "Midget Library," accompanied by miniature magnifying glass; case then fits into an angled wooden stand. Bondy, 111. Pistner, B233:2. Spielmann, 388. Welsh, 787. OCLC, 256915722. WorldCat locates 5 copies worldwide.
The 1895 New Testament is renowned as one of the smallest complete New Testaments ever produced. It is a masterpiece of Victorian miniature printing, and possibly the first Bryce publication utilising "the very thinnest Oxford India paper ever made" to fit the entire text into a tiny volume. Printed in collaboration with Henry Frowde of the Oxford University Press who supplied the India paper to bryce, it features remarkably legible text despite its size. The 1895 edition is highly collectible, and, along with other works by Bryce, highlights the technical achievements in miniature book production during the late 19th century.