WORLD’S SMALLEST
BOOK PRINTED IN AMERICA (United Press Association—By Electric To iograph—Copyrigli t.' WORCESTER (Massachusetts), October 2-5. The completfo nof what is. deseribThe completion of what is deserib-th-e world was announced here to-day. The volume consists of twenty-eight pages, of forty-six quatrains, a translation of Omar Khayyam, size 3-16 by 6-16 of an inch, leather bound, and printed from copper plates -Seven plates, each containing four pages, were made by photo-engraving. Two qnatains appear on each page. The completed book weighs onethird of a carat, and it took seven years to complete.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1933, Page 5
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92WORLD’S SMALLEST Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1933, Page 5
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