One of the smallest books in the world was sold at auction in Brussels for 4,200 euros (3,500 pounds).
This leather-bound work measures 5 mm x 5 mm-smaller than the end of a pencil-and contains the Lord’s Prayer in Dutch, English, American English, French, German, Spanish and Swedish.
It had The value is between 1,000 and 1,500 euros, but an anonymous buyer snapped it up for 3,500 euros at Arenberg Auctions in Brussels. With additional costs, the price paid reached 4,200 euros.
Auctioneer Henri Godts said: “The printed text is so small that it cannot be read with the naked eye, but it requires a strong magnifying glass.”
This book, title The Lord’s Prayer is one of hundreds published by the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany in 1952 as part of a fundraising plan to pay for the reconstruction of the building after World War II.
This institution is one of the oldest printing museums in the world, named after Johannes Gutenberg (Johannes Gutenberg), who was in Europe In the 15th century.
Godts said: “This copy has been in the collection for decades and is kept in a jewelry box as if it were a gem. If you want, you can even incorporate it into transparent jewelry and wear it around your neck. superior.”
This book is accompanied by a metal printing plate used to make it.
The publication of mini-books has a long history. In Europe, many were produced in the 16th century, when printers tried to test the technical limits of printing presses, but there are some examples that can be traced back to ancient Mesopotamia in 2325 BC.
According to the American Microbook Association, microbooks “have no more than three inches in height, width, or thickness.” A book called “Little Ted from Turnip Town”, measuring 70 microns by 100 microns, holds the Guinness World Record because it is the smallest reproduction of a printed book. One micron is equivalent to 0.001 mm.
