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A Poem About Marriage The Gutenberg Smallest Book of the World Microbook Locket Pendant with (835) Silver Necklace

A Poem About Marriage The Gutenberg Smallest Book of the World Microbook Locket Pendant with (835) Silver Necklace

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The Smallest Book Series
A Poem About Marriage Microbook Pendant
with (835) Silver Necklace

12 pages

4 x 4 mm
(0.16 x 0.16 inches)

We proudly present the World’s Smallest Book according to the Guinness Book of Records!

This tiny treasure was manufactured in the 1950s in Germany by Franz Bischofer (born 1904) in a very limited edition and can now be purchased for the very first time. The micro book measures only 4x4 mm (0.16x0.16 inches)! It has a leather binding with gold stamping, and is even gilt-edged on all three sides! The tiny text can only be read with a magnifying glass and is a poem in German about marriage. The print was done on a regular letter press printing machine with real printing types (no photographic reduction!).

This very exclusive edition holds the tiny book in a pendant on a neck chain (length 50 cm or 19.67 inches, 835 silver, limited availability

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