Accession number
PML 251974-79
Published
Glasgow : David Bryce & Son ; New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, [ca. 1890]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
In an ornamental metal box.
Witty Humorous and Merry thoughts and Golden Thoughts from Great Authors are the New York edition published by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Witty Humorous and Merry thoughts and Golden Thoughts from Great Authors are the New York edition published by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Description
6 volumes : illustrations, music ; 27 mm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Summary
A collection of six miniature publications by David Bryce of Glasgow housed in a metal hinged box which features images of a Chinese dragon and flying cranes. The books measure only 27 mm tall and are bound in flexible red roan leather with pages of very fine, thin India paper. One of the titles, 'The Tourist's Conversational Guide to English, French, German, Italian' by J.T. Loth, is regarded as perhaps the rarest of all the tiny Bryce miniature books.
Binding
Limp red morocco printed in gilt.
Classification
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