I have been to the Special Collection part of the U of Iowa library a couple times. They have all kinds of fabulous things. I think I have posted about the collection previously. This time, I am linking to the blog because they have some animation showing flip books, etc. It's not mail, but it's pretty cool.
They have one collection of miniature books and also a very large collection of cookbooks. Also a page from a Gutenberg bible and a Babylonian clay tablet that is tiny and is a receipt for a goat.
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This is the link to their website where you can surf. They do not have everything digitized.
https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/
"A receipt for a goat" sounds like a great title to a novel or poem.
ReplyDeletesomewhere i have a photo of it - which i hope to post someday. the novel - could be based on the true story of a guy who stole a ton of books from the U of Iowa library as well as many other....this was the first article I found - it mentions David Schoonover who was the librarian I met on my first visit - and who brought out the receipt when I asked, "Which book is your oldest?"
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