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Title: The World's Smallest Bible, Hall of Religion
Contributing Institution: California State University, Fresno
Collection: Worlds Fair Collection
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Description: Printed in 1895 by David Bryce & Son, Glasgow, Scotland. Brought to America by J. Francis Ruggles, internationally known rare Bible collector, whose seal is in this book. Book contains 520 numbered pages, is less than 1/4 inch thick, and has 181,253words - or 838,380 letters on its printed pages. One printed page is about 1-3 the size of a postage stamp by comparison. Parchment bound - sewed with silk thread. Required nearly 4 years to complete.
Type: image
Format: 13.7 cm. x 8.7 cm.
Identifier: EXP933a.220pc
http://digitized.library.fresnostate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/worldsfair/id/16391
Subject: Century of Progress International Exposition
Place: Chicago, Illinois
Source: Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs
Relation: World's Fair Collection

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