John Knox and his Land by J.C. Carrick (Miniature Book)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ~1902. David Bryce & Son. 3.5 x 2.5in

Bound in tartan silk with gilt title label on spine, all edges gilt. A charming, very good copy in its original publisher's or bookseller's binding; bookseller s ticket of William J. Hay on flyleaf, whose shop occupied a building controversially claimed to be John Knox's last house. Very rare edition of this unusual miniature book, recounting the life of the ardent Church of England clergyman John Knox a popular hero among Scottish Presbyterians, and scourge of Scottish Catholics.