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(MINIATURE BOOKS.) The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments.
ITTY BITTY BIBLE (MINIATURE BOOKS.) The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. Frontispiece, magnifying glass in pocket of rear endpaper. 42x30mm, original red roan; hinge splitting before title, affixed by a metal chain to a wooden lectern, 60x130x60mm, label on base present but slightly rubbed. Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, n.d., [1911]
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Notes: According to Bondy, this cost 3 shillings and sixpence, and was produced "for the tercentenary commemoration of the Authorised Version of the English Bible, 1611-1911." He says "This great curiosity...has remained very popular with collectors to this day." The lectern was apparently intended to be a "facsimile of what may be seen in Hereford and other cathedrals and parish churches all over the country"--pages 109-110.
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