1895-1905
SET OF ELEVEN TRUE MINIATURE BOOKS (2.5 X 2 INCHES)
EACH BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY WHITE VELLUM LEATHER
WITH ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CUSTOM WOODEN BOOK CASE
TITLES:
THE COMPLEAT ANGLER BY IZAAK WALTON
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS BY JOHN BUNYAN
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH
THUMB READY RECKONER
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST BY THOMAS À KEMPIS
MY MORNING COUNSELOR
MY EVENING COUNSELOR
COMMON PRAYER
HYMNS
THE CHRISTIAN YEAR
THUMB NOTEBOOK
*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITIONS DATED 1895-1905 ~ BEAUTIFUL ART NOUVEAU ERA FINE BINDING WITH GILT STAMPING ~ CLASSIC LITERATURE ~ MINIATURE BOOKCASE ***
London: Henry Frowde, 1895-1905.
Printed by Horace Hart at The Oxford University Press
• each book measures 2.5'' x 2''
• beautiful vellum leather over blue cloth
• leather title label to spine with gilt lettering
• decorative embossed gold gilt spine stamping and gilt rule to front board
• textblocks top edge gilt
• silk ribbon bookmark and headbands
• frontispiece to seven of the volumes
• printed on high quality thin paper
• housed in an antique mahogany wood case, apparently custom made for this set
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