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Antique pocket-size New Testament, published by William Collins, Sons & Company, London & Glasgow, with the International Bible Agency, New York. International Edition, “Ruby 48mo,” Clear Type Edition, printed by Royal Authority.
The license page dates this edition to 1893, and the front inscription reads “Christine B. Hibbard, Dec. 25, 1900,” providing an excellent period provenance and confirming the book was in use by Christmas 1900.
A particularly attractive miniature devotional book measuring only about 4¼ inches tall, bound in black with gilt lettering and decorative gilt rules. Features gilt page edges and an especially attractive decorative gilt inner binding/turn-in border.
A charming late-Victorian pocket New Testament with a nicely dated Christmas inscription.
