Petits livres - Collection of miniature books, small-sized books and book shaped objects. +/- 80 19th and 20th c. vol. containing works in orig. 19th-century bindings a.o. a Bible,
Estimation :
125 / 175
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
prayersbooks, a calendar, etc. A large part of fairy tales, ABC-books, empty Arabic notebooks, a miniature book with marbled paper samples, Bibles, poetry books, etc. Including also some book shaped objects : metallic boxes, ceramic objects, a leather box (for playing cards ?) and a portfolio (for stamps) in imitation ivory. Besides this also some souvenir photoalbums of Paris and Brussels. Smallest book in the collection is a 0.6 x 0.6 cm (!) Lord's Prayer in 7 languages together with the "Originale Drucktype, mit der das deutschsprachige Vaterunser aus dem "Kleinsten Buch der Welt" gedruckt wurde" i.e. one original type. We join : Bondy, L.W. - Miniature books. Their history from the beginnings to the present day. London, Sheppard Press, 1981, 8vo, publ. cloth. - The collection of miniature books formed by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1979, 8vo, sewn.
