Miniature Book. Omar Khayyam. The Rose Garden... Founded on the Persian by Eben Francis Thompson Commonwealth Press, Worcester, MA, 1932, a boxed set including a micro-miniature edition; a miniature edition of the book (44 x 37mm); together with an explanatory preface about the tiny volume; a full-size edition of the text with the preface; 'A Thimbleful of Books' by Thompson; a proof sheet booklet of four pages; a small proof sheet in a glassine envelope; a small brass folding magnifying glass, all contained in a purpose-made contemporary compartmentalised red half morocco book box, 4to (24 x 23cm) Bondy, page 154; Spielmann 396A. Known in its day as the smallest book in the world, this micro-miniature books measures 8 x 6mm. (Qty: 1)
Miniature Book. Omar Khayyam. The Rose Garden... Founded on the Persian by Eben Francis Thompson Commonwealth Press, Worcester, MA, 1932, a boxed set including a micro-miniature edition; a miniature edition of the book (44 x 37mm); together with an explanatory preface about the tiny volume; a full-size edition of the text with the preface; 'A Thimbleful of Books' by Thompson; a proof sheet booklet of four pages; a small proof sheet in a glassine envelope; a small brass folding magnifying glass, all contained in a purpose-made contemporary compartmentalised red half morocco book box, 4to (24 x 23cm) Bondy, page 154; Spielmann 396A. Known in its day as the smallest book in the world, this micro-miniature books measures 8 x 6mm. (Qty: 1)
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