big little books - state library of new south wales
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Big little booksPublished on State Library of NSW (https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au)
Exhibition [1]
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Big little booksPublished on State Library of NSW (https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au)
Come see the World’s Largest Atlas during the school holidays.
The State Library holds Australia’s only copy of Earth Platinum - the world’s largest atlas.
This mammoth book standing at almost two metres tall will be on public display in the Mitchell Library ReadingRoom from Wednesday 20 December 2017 until Monday 22 January 2018.
Also on display is the smallest book in the Library - the Lord’s Prayer [2]which was published by the InternationalGutenberg Society in 1958. It contains the Lord’s Prayer in seven languages: English, French, German, English(American English), Spanish, Dutch and Swedish.The book is 6 mm x 6 mm and every page has been engraved on metal in a type foundry and was not reducedthrough photographic means. The leaves are hand folded, sewn and bound in leather and decorated with goldstamping on the cover and spine.
Come and visit the Library to have your picture taken with these wonders from the collection.
Learn more about the atlas here [3]...
Opening Hours [4]
Source URL:https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/blogs/big-little-books
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Big little booksPublished on State Library of NSW (https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au)
[1] http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/blogs?topic%5B0%5D=17421 [2] https://primo-slnsw.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=SLNSW_ALMA2198714220002626&context=L&vid=SLNSW&search_scope=EEA&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US [3] https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/blogs/worlds-largest-atlas [4]https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/plan-your-visit/opening-hours
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