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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
A 17th-Century Traveling Library
This Jacobean boxed collection of 50 tiny books is part of the collection of the University of Leeds. When it's closed, it resembles a large leather-bound folio. The books are classics, including works by Cicero, Virgil, and Ovid.
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