12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 73
 

73

Miniature Book The Mite. E.A. Robinson, 1891. Org. cloth, upper board decorated in gilt; pp....

Miniature Book The Mite. E.A. Robinson, 1891. Org. cloth, upper board decorated in gilt; pp. 26; 6 full page illus (seemingly lacking pp. 15-16). 2nd ed. (according to title-page) in the same year as the first. The Mite was produced as the smallest book in the world printed from moveable type. It held this distinction until 1897, when Galileo a Madama Cristina de Lorena was published by the Salmin Brothers in Padua. It remains an impressive, and rare, example of the art of typography and the 19th century drive to push the boundaries of what was possible with technology.
Not Sold
Estimated at £80 - £100

 

Boards faded and dented, a little dusty internally, lacking pp. 15-16, but still a delightful example from the history of miniature books.

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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 12th Sep, 2018

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