Small Books

The Book of common prayer and administration of the Holy Communion, according to the use of the Church of England : together with the Psalter.. Oxford: University Press, [189-?]. The finger prayer book.

GTU Rare: BX5145.A5 B66 [77-599 p. 5 1/2 x 1 ¼ ]

Here is a finger sized Book of Common Prayer, one of the miniature books in the GTU Rare Book Collection. A few sections were not printed in order to keep the size to a minimum. Quite readable, these books were certainly a convenient size to carry.

The idea was that the book be a little wider than an index finger. There is also a New Testament issued by Oxford Press in the same size around the same period. Enough were printed of each circa 1890 that they can be found for sale on EBAY and used bookstores.

This book is part of our extensive collection of the Book of Common Prayer.