64 pages. A quotation from Scripture for every day of the year. Printed by Scribner & Co., Troy, N.Y. The Tiny Library series. All edges gilt. Original yellow endpapers. Contemporary in inscription on front free endpaper. Provenance: C. Hallison. 34 x 50 mm. Original publisher's red cloth with central gilt star within blocked 'Tiny Library', inside highly elaborate gilt embossed borders in gilt on upper cover and in blind on lower cover. Spine with gilt blocked titling, six horizontal gilt decorative rules, and three gilt flowers. Single minuscule worm-hole in lower cover, that is slightly thumbed. Not in bondy, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 2130. OCLC, 3199037. WorldCat locates seven copies worldwide (American Antiquarian Society, Brown, Yale, Virginia, Western Michigan, Missouri, and Stanford University Libraries). The "Tiny Library" Series was part of a set of six titles introduced by Merriam, Moore & Co. in the 1850s. Other titles in this series included:Dew Drops, Holy Bible, Aunt Rose and Her Nieces, Life of General Tom Thumb, Gem.








