(Photo: Joshua Bright for
The New York Times)
This book, according to collector Neale Albert, is the smallest in the world. Alex Vadukul of
The New York Times describes it while recalling his visit to Mr. Albert's library:
Inside
an ornate wooden box, under a clear protective cover, something
minuscule glinted gold. Mr. Albert handed me a magnifying glass. The
glint was a book with two covers and about 30 pages between them. It was
less than a millimeter across, perhaps the size of a large grain of
sand.
“It’s called ‘The Chameleon,’” he said.
“What’s it about?” I asked in awe.
Mr. Albert shrugged, surprised I’d asked. “I don’t know.”
At
the link, you can view more photos of Mr. Albert's impressive
collection of miniature books, many of which are housed inside the
library of a tiny, ornate dollhouse.
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