Title: New Testament of the Lord and Saviour Jesus ...
Publisher: Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, Amen Corner, London
Publication Date: 1895
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
[519] printed pages (some pages thumbed and foxed). All edges red (some marginal pigmentation seeping onto pages). Printed by Robert Maclehose, Glasgow University Press. Number seven in the "Midget Library"series with original inset magnifying glass tin case -that is too big for the size of the book, as usual- with loop, showing a globe resting on books (lacquer worn, some tiny rust patches and three miniscule dents in the back). "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 verso of half-title. One of the smallest of all Bryce miniature books and the smallest New Testament ever printed. "Staggeringly small"-Bondy. 16 x 18 mm. Original blue morocco (a little rubbed with a blue ring mark on the back cover). Bondy, 111. Garbett, 30-1. Pistner, B233:2. Spielmann, 388. Welsh, 787. OCLC, 877427799. WorldCat locates 12 copies worldwide. Seller Inventory # 5429