Miniature Books Exhibition

Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures, on display in the Grand Staircase lobby and Ginkgo Reading Room in Olin Library, until June 6, 2008. It is accessible during normal Olin Library hours.

You are invited to attend a talk, part of "Our Favorite Books" Series, on Thursday, April 10, 4:15pm, in the Ginkgo Reading Room: 'The Growth of the Small' by Joseph Loewenstein. Is this remarkable collection of miniature books a set of beautiful curiosities, mere oddities, or can they be opened to afford a tiny window into a much larger past? Professor Loewenstein will situate the collection in the development of Early Modern European (and especially English) book culture.

Articles about Julian Edison and his collection of miniature books can be viewed at:

• The West End Word
• St. Louis Platform   
• Off the Shelf, a WU Libraries' publication.  Once at this site, scroll down to page 18 (page 11 of the PDF)