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614 - The Lord's Prayer. [Amsterdam: Lettergieterij Amsterdam, formerly N. Tetterode, 1951] 5 x 5 mm. Published in a 6 x 6 mm binding. In a blue cardboard box. A unique edition of the world’s smallest printed book, produced by Lettergieterij Amsterdam (formerly N. Tetterode) to mark its centennial in 1951. It contains seven versions of the Lord’s Prayer in seven languages, including American and British English. Loose in the box: 2 original type specimens (1 bearing the mark “Lettergieterij ‘Amsterdam’” ) and 1 proof. Most of the edition was intended for the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. Ref. Bondy 155. - Spielmann 119. - Not in Welsh. - Gianotten, Henk W., “Het kleinste gedrukte boekje ter wereld,” in *De Boekenwereld*. 29, 2012–2013, pp. 68–69. Formerly owned by Il Meneghello, Milan (bookshop bookplate). - “Papeterie anglaise,” Brussels (stationery label). Bound together: 7 small-format volumes (including 1 duplicate), 19th–20th centuries, in French and Italian. (8 vols.)
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The Lord's Prayer. [Amsterdam: Lettergieterij Amsterdam, formerly N. Tetterode, 1951] 5 x 5 mm. Published in a 6 x 6 mm binding. In a blue cardboard box. A unique edition of the world’s smallest printed book, produced by Lettergieterij Amsterdam (formerly N. Tetterode) to mark its centennial in 1951. It contains seven versions of the Lord’s Prayer in seven languages, including American and British English. Loose in the box: 2 original type specimens (1 bearing the mark “Lettergieterij ‘Amsterdam’” ) and 1 proof. Most of the edition was intended for the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. Ref. Bondy 155. - Spielmann 119. - Not in Welsh. - Gianotten, Henk W., “Het kleinste gedrukte boekje ter wereld,” in *De Boekenwereld*. 29, 2012–2013, pp. 68–69. Formerly owned by Il Meneghello, Milan (bookshop bookplate). - “Papeterie anglaise,” Brussels (stationery label). Bound together: 7 small-format volumes (including 1 duplicate), 19th–20th centuries, in French and Italian. (8 vols.)
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