A CURIOUS BOOK | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 2, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 37.

A CURIOUS BOOK.

Perhaps the most singular curiosity in the book world is a volume that belongs to the family of the Prince de Ligne, and is now in France. It is entitled, "The Passion of Christ." It is neither printed nor written; every letter of the text is cut in the leaves, and being interleaved with blue paper, it is as easily read as the best print. The labor and patience bestowed on it must have been excessive, especially when the precision and minuteness of the letters are considered. The general execution of the volume is of the most costly and delicate kind. In 1640, 11,000 ducats was offered for it and refused. It bears the royal arms of England, but no one knows when it was in that country, or by whom owned.—Sel.