The World's Smallest Bible
The World's Smallest Bible. Printed in 1895 by David Bryce and Son, Glasgow, Scotland, Brought to America by J. Francis Ruggles, internationally known rare Bible collector, whose seal is in this book. The book contains 520 numbered pages, is less than 1/4 inch thick, and has 181, 253 words - or 838, 380 letters - on its printed pages. One printed page is about 1/3 the size of a postage stamp by comparison. Required nearly 4 years to complete! Exhibited at the Hall of Religion at the Chicago World Fair of 1934, from whence this particular postcard originated
Picture No
10423209
Media ID
45535294
Size
5448px x 3460px
(5.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1934
