Mass Live has a cool littel Story on the world\’d tiniest book. Finally a book that a librarian can use to keep track of the tiny salary he/she makes!
It measures 1/2-inch by 5/16-inch, and is most likely the smallest hand-bound book in the world. Don\’t keep it in Ready Reference.
Mass Live has a cool littel Story on the world\’d tiniest book. Finally a book that a librarian can use to keep track of the tiny salary he/she makes!
It measures 1/2-inch by 5/16-inch, and is most likely the smallest hand-bound book in the world. Don\’t keep it in Ready Reference.\”She bases her belief on a July 1991 New York Times news item about a tiny book entitled \”Bloemhofje,\” a 42-page poem written in 1673. According to the Times, the book, which measures 1/2-inch by ?-inch, has been considered the smallest book in the world for the last 200 years.
O\’Donnell said the Dutch book sold for about $11,000 in The Hague in Holland.
However, Julian I. Edison, publisher of \”Miniature Book News\” in St. Louis, Mo., otherwise known as the \”Show Me State,\” believes otherwise. \”
Recent Comments