Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor


L'Éclaireur du dimanche - February 22, 1925


The smallest book in the world

The Smallest Book in the World

It is very likely that it is the "Almanac of the Year 1837", which belongs to a singer of the Elberfeld Opera, in Germany, and which measures 9 millimeters by 1 centimeter and a half.
On the other hand, Mr. W.-H. Martin, an American collector, has amused himself by bringing together numerous documents, illustrations and newspaper articles, in a collection of cuttings which is probably the largest in the world. It measures, in fact, 6 meters high by 6 meters wide and is 70 centimeters thick. Mr. Martin is on page 54.
It must not be very practical to do research in it...

Some characteristics of Eberfeld which became Wuppertal


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