876 pages with 28 full-page illustrations, reduced from designs by Charles Bell Birch, all on finest India paper. License leaf on verso of title-page indicates 1901 as publication date. Title page with tiny closed tear. 30 x 46 mm (book size). Original brown calf in the antique style blind-stamped in imitation of 16th century binding (minuscule wear to foot of spine and short crack along one half of the hinge). Complete with magnifying glass inside the back cover. Original dark metal chain attaching it to the lectern. Lectern height 13.63 cm & width 8.12 cm. Paper printed label on base of pedestal describes it as a facsimile of those chained bibles found in some English Cathedrals (old clear tape repair). This item was originally sold in a red cardboard box with a printed label - but this is rarely found and sadly not present here. Bondy, 109. Spielmann, 25. Welsh, 562. The text is a reduced facsimile of the Oxford Pica 16mo edition, printed by the Glasgow University Press on "very thinnest" paper supplied by Henry Frowde and the Oxford University Press. This item was originally sold in a red cardboard box with a printed label - but this is rarely found and sadly not present here. The text was produced using advanced photolithography techniques, which allowed large volumes to be reduced to a very small size while maintaining a surprising degree of clarity and legibility, though still difficult to read without aid. This design is a charming facsimile of the large, chained Bibles found in some English cathedrals and churches from centuries past, which were chained to prevent theft when books were extremely valuable. This edition represents a fascinating intersection of Victorian craftsmanship, technological innovation in printing, and historical whimsy!