{"product_id":"miniature-book-bryces-english-dictionary-the-smallest-english-dictionary-in-the-world-david-bryce-glasgow-c-1900-pears-promotional-issue-with-original-magnifying-leather-wallet","title":"Miniature Book; Bryce's English Dictionary; The Smallest English Dictionary in the World, David Bryce, Glasgow, c. 1900. Pears promotional issue with original magnifying leather wallet","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBetween about 1877 and 1912, David Bryce \u0026amp; Son of Glasgow became one of the world's foremost publishers of miniature books, issuing more than forty titles in remarkably small yet highly legible editions. Taking advantage of advances in photographic reduction and electroplate printing, Bryce produced miniature Bibles, dictionaries, Shakespeare, Burns, devotional works and other popular texts that combined technical ingenuity with attractive bindings and ingenious presentation. Today these tiny volumes remain among the most celebrated achievements of Victorian and Edwardian miniature book publishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBryce's English Dictionary; The Smallest English Dictionary in the World. Comprising; besides the ordinary and newest words in the Language Short Explanations of a Large Number of Scientific, Philosophical, Literary, and Technical Terms.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by David Bryce and Son, Glasgow. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eProduced as a promotional issue for Pears Soap, one of the pioneers of modern advertising. Promotional editions such as this were intended to be retained and used rather than discarded, making them attractive survivals of late Victorian commercial ephemera. Undated, but c. 1900. Printed by Robert Maclehose, Glasgow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA very good miniature book, with brown leather yapp covers with built-in magnifying glass to the front. With press-stud closure mechanism (the leather by the rear stud has a 15mm tear). With portrait frontispiece of Samuel Johnson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book's rear cover slots into the leather outer. The book itself has red limp leather (or leather effect) covers with gilt titles - rubbed to spine. Text is bright and clean. Yellow edges to text block. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome age related wear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText in English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e384pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: approximately 38mm high x 27mm wide x 10mm deep (including binding). Text page size approx 27mm high x 19mm wide (a seriously small book!).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight: approximately 6g (unpacked).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55916038586753,"sku":"LAN10317","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/MiniatureBook_Bryce_sEnglishDictionary_TheSmallestEnglishDictionaryintheWorld_DavidBryce_Glasgow_c.1900.Pearspromotionalvariant_withmagnifier.IMG_6443.jpg?v=1784050114","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/products\/miniature-book-bryces-english-dictionary-the-smallest-english-dictionary-in-the-world-david-bryce-glasgow-c-1900-pears-promotional-issue-with-original-magnifying-leather-wallet","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}