...Then you could heave upon it the largest book in the world. You'd
need more than yourself, however, to lift it. You'd need your family,
extended even. At the British Library it takes six people to hoist up
the largest book in the world, the Klencke Atlas, a tome that was
presented to King Charles II.
It's now 350 years old and the public has never seen it with its pages
open. That's about to change, however, as the British Library will
display it in a map exhibition opening soon.The Guardian has more, here.
