Friday, April 15, 2011

world’s smallest book (2.9 x 3.2 mm) Jozsef Tari Collects Miniature Books | Collecting Oddities

Jozsef Tari Collects Miniature Books | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities:
A printer by trade, Jozsef Tari has always been fascinated by the written word, and in 1972 he began collecting miniature books. Most of the items in his collection are in Hungarian, but he also has quite a few from the US, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Indonesia and Japan. Ironically, he only has a few books from the countries neighboring Hungary. As far as topics are concerned, Jozsef Tari is interested in everything from religion to sports, literature and even cooking, but he only collects books that are 76 mm in size, or smaller."

Apart from the 4,500 books in his collection, Tari also has 15 kinds of miniature newspapers, including the smallest in the world, which measures only 19 x 26 mm.









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