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02575aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 FF325BDC477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211117010121 008 201007t20202020enka e b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1471166910 020 $a 9781471166914 035 $a (OCoLC)1200462981 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d OCLCF $d NLHHG $d YDXIT $d SILO 050 4 $a Z1021 $b .B8 2020 082 04 $a 809.002 $2 23 100 1 $a Brooke-Hitching, Edward, $e author. 245 14 $a The madman's library : $b the strangest book, manuscripts and other literary curiosities from history / $c Edward Brooke-Hitching. 264 1 $a London : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2020. 300 $a 255 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly colour) ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a This is a madman's library of eccentric and extraordinary volumes from around the world, many of which have been completely forgotten. Books written in blood and books that kill, books of the insane and books that hoaxed the globe, books invisible to the naked eye and books so long they could destroy the Universe, books worn into battle, books of code and cypher whose secrets remain undiscovered... and a few others that are just plain weird. From the 605-page Qur'an written in the blood of Saddam Hussein, through the gorgeously decorated 15th-century lawsuit filed by the Devil against Jesus, to the lost art of binding books with human skin, every strand of strangeness imaginable (and many inconceivable) has been unearthed and bound together for a unique and richly illustrated collection ideal for every book-lover. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Books that aren't books -- Books made of flesh and blood -- Cryptic books -- Literary hoaxes -- Curious collections -- Works of the supernatural -- Religious oddities -- Curiosities of science -- Books of spectacular size -- Strange titles -- Select bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements -- Picture credits. 650 0 $a Literary curiosa. 650 0 $a Literature $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Books and reading. 650 7 $a Books and reading. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00836454 650 7 $a Literary curiosa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999919 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Boeken $2 gtt 650 7 $a Curiosa $2 gtt 655 7 $a Trivia and miscellanea. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921748 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023205.0 952 $l TAPB572 $d 20221202015118.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FF325BDC477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search