Exhibition

V majhnem plašču besed; Miniaturne knjižice od sumerske glinene ploščice do biblije na čipu / by Martin Žnideršič. - Ljubljana: Mestni Muzej, 2010.


"In a Small Coat of Words; Miniature Books from Sumerian Clay tablets to the Bible on a Chip".
This time not a miniature book but the catalogue of an exhibition of miniature books held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ljubljana has been appointed World Capital City of Books by UNESCO from April 2010 to April 2011, and as part of the celebrations the city presented this exhibition of miniature books from the private collection of Dr. Martin Žnideršič. There were almost 1300 miniature books displayed at the City Museum (Mestni Musej), about half of the collection of mr Žnideršič. The books originate from 55 countries and were arranged by country, publisher and year of publication. From a Sumerian clay tablet (28x26 mm.) from 2040 BC to a Bible on a chip (Tokyo, 1979, 2x2 mm.)



Martin Žnideršič, PhD, published many works on books and publishing.
In 40 years he build a collection of over 3000 miniature books, one of the largest in Europe. After the exhibition his whole collection will be donated to the City Library of Ljubljana.