Live auction - Lot 345
[Minuscule]
The Lord's Prayer.
€ 125 / 175
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Lot description
[Mainz, Gutenberg Museum, 1952]
Minuscule, 5 x 5 mm.
Publ. black leather, gilt fillets and cross on upper cover, giltruled flat spine. Kept in plexiglass box with pivoting top forming magnifier, in specially designed case.
Contains 7 versions of the Lord's prayer in 7 languages incl. American and British English. This exceptionally small book was sold by the Gutenberg Museum to help in the reconstruction of that famous museum of printing.
Ref. Bondy p. 155.- Spielmann p. 119.- Not in Welsh.