c. 1900s Hans Steinbrener Super ( MICRO ) 

Ultra Miniature Koran / Quran

(Rare Art Nouveau Red Gilt Leather version)

BOUND GOLD GILT ULTRA MINIATURE BOOK

SUPERBLY MADE, SUPERBLY PRINTED MINIATURE MASTERPIECE FROM BOHEMIA / AUSTRO HUNGARIA

Here is an amazing rarity!!! These are THE most breathtaking size from Steinbrener! The Super miniature ultra small baby leather covered Quran...the smallest ever made! Absolutely MINT and unused!!! 

Just  24mm long 17mm wide and 10mm thick !!

( Under an inch X 5/8 inch X 3/8 inch )

 These miniature editions of the Holy Quran, with their elaborate gilt leather bindings count among the finest examples of their kind and as masterpieces of Bohemian printing and craftsmanship. Often called a thumbnail Quran. This was the  smallest ever made here! Extremely fine and amazing workmanship!

They were printed at the press of Johann Steinbrener since the late 1800s.

The town in Winterberg is today called Vimperk and is in todays Czech Republic.

Back then, it was South Bohemia, Austro Hungaria! 

Original ORNATE RED binding richly decorated this morocco style leather with early art noveau motifs. This is the rare early Art Nouveau version made in the 1900s. Gold edge papers!! This Charming miniature Quran is in excellent condition, preserved in its original ornate binding. With richly decorated opening double page frontispiece. Fully vocalized text set in a frame, verse separators, sura headings and section markers in the margins printed in black throughout.  

The shop closed down and ceased production in the town of Vimperk (Winterberg ). In factory building is a hotel now.

Johann Steinbrener's press dates back to 1855 and it produced various religious miniatures in over 30 languages even for soldiers around the world back in the day.