{"id":2568,"date":"2015-02-09T14:39:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2015-02-09T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:39:56","slug":"miniature-book-exhibit-in-special-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/2015\/02\/09\/miniature-book-exhibit-in-special-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Miniature Book Exhibit in Special Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/files\/2015\/02\/exhibit_minaturebooks.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2569\" alt=\"exhibit_minaturebooks\" src=\"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/files\/2015\/02\/exhibit_minaturebooks.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By definition, a miniature book is one that measures 10 centimeters or less in height. The Libraries&#8217; Miniature Book Collection consists of 116 books that spans four centuries from 1605 to 1991. Due to their size, age and\/or rarity, miniature books are housed in Special Collections.<\/p>\n<p>Often made with the thinnest paper, and printed with the smallest type, this collection consists of elaborately decorated bindings, simple paper wrapped covers, and books with wooden boards. Books on a variety of topics can be found in the collection, a collection that is rich in prose, poetry, philosophy, and religious writings with titles ranging from the classics (<em>La divinia commedia<\/em>) to the obscure (<em>Napoleon: poeme<\/em>). Authors represented in miniature include the humanists, the humorous, and the politicians such as Petrarch, Charles Dickens, and George Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The Miniature Book Collection exhibit will be on display throughout the Spring 2015 semester in Special Collections located on the second floor [off of the North Reading Room] of the Glenn G. Bartle Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By definition, a miniature book is one that measures 10 centimeters or less in height. The Libraries&#8217; Miniature Book Collection consists of 116 books that spans four centuries from 1605 to 1991. Due to their size, age and\/or rarity, miniature books are housed in Special Collections. Often made with the thinnest paper, and printed with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-binghamton-university-events","7":"category-books","8":"category-exhibits-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}