Explore the profound impact of the small-scale on the English imagination. This insightful study delves into miniaturization across literature, cognition, and culture from 1650-1765. Discover how the miniature reshaped understanding, connecting tangible objects from teapots to globes with grand events like financial revolutions and scientific discoveries. By analyzing both real and imagined miniatures, Melinda Alliker Rabb offers fresh perspectives on writers like Swift and Sterne, revealing how scaled-down forms meaningfully corresponded to the world. Essential for students and scholars of English literature, cultural history, and cognitive studies in India.