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Miniature books -- Specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered actual specimens of books 10 centimeters or less in both height and width.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

"History of Savoy" miniature leaf, 1634

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 21, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 21
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from a miniature book "History of Savoy", one of the "Republic series" issued by the house of Elzevir at Leyden in 1634. The recto side of this leaf is marked 489; the verso side is marked as 490.

Dates: Publication: 1634

Horace miniature leaf, 1828

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 20, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 20
Scope and Contents

From a miniature book from an edition of Horace and published by A. Mesnier in Paris in 1828. The recto side is marked as 35 and the verso side is marked as 36.

Dates: Publication: 1828

Miniature leaf, 1828

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 17, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 17
Scope and Contents

This leaf is from a miniature book taken from the Diamond Classics, published by William Pickering in London in 1828. The recto side is marked 209; The verso side is marked as 210.

Dates: Publication: 1828