The History of Miniature Books
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Description
The miniature book as a separate class of book to be collected…was not recognized until the last half of the 19th century when the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, owned a collection of miniature books, reported to have contained between 1800 and 2000 volumes. Thus the documented history of collectors and collections of miniature books really covers less than a hundred years. However, references to individual miniature books have been found during all periods of recorded history.
Document Type
Restricted Access Book
Publication Date
1987
Publisher
Fort Orange Press
City
Albany, New York
Disciplines
Art and Design | Arts and Humanities | Book and Paper
Recommended Citation
Welsh, Doris Varner, "The History of Miniature Books" (1987). Books and Monographs. 34.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/books/34
Comments
Due to copyright restrictions, this text is not available in digital format.
A print copy is available in Special Collections at http://catalog.wustl.edu:80/record=b2978833~S2 .
Related to Julian Edison Miniature Book collection.