When you hold a miniature book in your hand, it is like holding a jewel. A miniature book is usually no bigger than three inches (76 millimeters) tall, and although some need magnification to be viewed properly, most can be read with the naked eye. Dating as far back as 2500 BCE, Sumerian clay tablets with cuneiform writing are considered the prototype for miniature books ...
(Officina Plantiniana)
Officium B. Mariae Virg. Cum Indulgentiis & Orationibus. Accedunt Psalmi Vesperarum.
Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana, 1677. (lxii) (714)pp. Illustrated with fourteen full-page copper-engraved plates. Contains the Offices of the Virgin, the Offices of the Dead, the Passion, and Psalms for Vespers. Printed in red and black, with numerous woodcut initials and decorations. A large paper copy of a rare miniature products..... More