Hyperallergic

Tiny Tomes from the World's First All-Miniature Bookstore

In 1976, the title of World’s Smallest Book (printed with moveable metal type) went to an A-Z printing of the text type Gill Titling, with each letter, inked in 3-point-type, appearing on a single ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A Holocaust survivor’s collection of over 1,000 miniature books speaks volumes about her resilience

“I’ve never seen anything like this before and I’ve been working here for 26 years,” said a senior director at the Montreal Jewish Public Library. MONTREAL (JTA) — In her 96 years on earth, Lilly Toth ...
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Veronica Ditting’s collection of tiny tomes is a big draw at London's Tenderbooks

There is a profound power in the miniature. The smaller something becomes, the more appealing we tend to find it – an extrapolation of the phenomenon ethologist Konrad Lorenz named ‘baby schema’, in ...
The New York Times

A Tiny Brontë Book, Lost for a Century, Resurfaces

A miniature book made by the 13-year-old Charlotte Brontë, to go on sale next month for $1.25 million, contains what may be her last unknown poems. By Jennifer Schuessler The miniature books created ...