£50 - £80
A miniature bible, produced as a souvenir of the Glasgow Exhibition of 1901, published by David Bryce and Son, Glasgow, printed at the University Press, bound in brown-green cloth with black curlicue printed decoration, 876 fine India paper pages, measuring approx. 4.8cm in height
Note: David Bryce took over his father's successful publishing business in 1870 and, seven years later, decided to develop a range of miniature books. The firm ultimately became one of the most prolific and successful miniature publishers in the world. Bryce commented on his success, "I descended to the miniature, mite and midget size, producing a little dictionary, the smallest in the world, in a locket accompanied by a magnifying glass. I had many a scoff and jeer as to the absurdity of the production, nevertheless it at once appealed... and its sales are now over 100,000". Alongside the Holy Bible, David Bryce and Sons produced a miniature Qur'an and Bhagavad Ghita.
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