BONDY Louis - MINIATURE BOOKS. THEIR HISTORY FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY

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Autor:		BONDY Louis
Editorial:		London Sheppard Press 1981 221 pp. First edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Original red cloth gilt tittles on spine with very fine dust jacket. Some chapters: From the beginnings to the 16th century. The 17th century. The 18th century. English almanacs and calendars of the 18th and 19th century. Thumb bibles. The 19th century the supreme age of the miniature book. Microscopic type in 19th Century miniature books. Travelling libraries. The ?Lilliput-Bibliotek? of Leipzig. Special subjects Carnets de bal costume erotica etiquette flowers gastronomy and tobacco. History and politics. Hunting printing song books. ?The smallest books in the World?. Collectors and collections Publisher´s bindings. 5 page bibliography. Extensive index. The author Louis Bondy 1910-1993 is considered to be the world leading authority on miniature books.´s. The present book also is considered the bible of miniature book collection. Book long out of print. Condition of the book as new. Scarce. 4to.