1814 – The date that Bible
History, Occidental’s first miniature book,
was published.
211 – The number of
miniature books in the stacks of Special
Collections, excluding double and triple copies.
0.9 mm² – The size of the
smallest miniature book ever printed, Anton
Chekhov’s “A Chameleon,” printed in Siberia.
Miniature books measuring 2mm x 2mm (pictured,
right,) are displayed at the Miniature Book Museum
in the Azerbaijan Republic.
3700 – The approximate
number of items collected by Msgr. Francis J. Weber
and donated to the Huntington Library in 1991.
Msgr. Weber retains “visiting rights” and must
transfer all new acquisitions to the Library every
December.
1498 – The date that the
first miniature book, “Diurnale Moguntinum,” was
printed by Peter Schoffer, Johann Gutenberg’s
assistant.
3 in. – A book cannot
exceed this size in the United State to be
officially called a miniature. (The limit is 4
inches in other countries, and at the Huntington
Library.)
