Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb Deut. xxxii. 2. Religious Tract Society. [London]. Circa 1830. 1st edition.

First edition. All edges gilt. 128 printed pages. Printed by Charles Whittingham, Chiswick Press. Contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper. Provenance: Eliza and Jane Downs. 5-point. All edges gilt. Original cream endpapers.  27 x 32 mm. Original green roan. Gilt ruled borders and horizontal ruled gilt lines and floral tooling on the spine. According to Bondy, this title "belongs to the best-loved miniature books, and was obviously much treasured by our Victorian ancestors." At least 34 editions were published in England, making it the most common miniature book of the first half of the 19th Century. The earlier editions are less commonly found today.  Bondy, 127. Spielmann, 466  - for 5th, 10th, and 17th editions. Welsh, 6417. No OCLC number. WorldCat locates no copies of this edition worldwide.