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The portion of this website in front of you brings together in preliminary fashion a variety of lists and descriptions for United States Miniature Books published before 1901 (or by a publisher whose output largely dates before 1901). The books have been organized, generally, by press or publisher as described in Robert C. Bradbury's Antique United States Miniature Books, 1690-1900 (No. Clarendon, Vermont: The Microbibliophile, 2001). This page describes titles held by the University of Iowa Libraries for the presses or publishers described below. The descriptions generally follow Bradbury's format: Author. Title. Imprint (if it varies from the heading), date. Size in inches. Number of pages. Brief physical description. Illustrations note. Copy # of [##] copies (when known).

Colgate and Co., 1883. NY: New York, [1882]. 1 5/8 x 2 3/16"
B19th 3/B1392

Colgate and Co., 1897. NY: New York, [1896]. 1 3/4 x 2 1/4".
B19th 10/B1596

Colgate and Co., 1900. NY: New York, [1899]. 1 3/4 x 2 1/4".
B19th 21/B1619

Colgate & Co., 1902. NY: New York, [1901]. 1 3/4 x 2 1/4".
B19th: Not listed.

Colgate & Co., 1903. NY: New York, [1902]. 1 3/4 x 2 1/4".
B19th: Not listed.