Museum of Miniature Books

Baku


One of Baku's charming oddities, this small museum presents books that are so small you'd need a magnifying glass to read the print. The fact that so many minuscule publications have been printed at all is a surprise, and amassing the thousands shown here has been a lifetime's passion for collector Zərifə Salahova who started the place in 2002.

It's well worth five minutes if you're passing.


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