1,800-year-old Homer, Sheikh Zayed's falcon No 1: Rare items at Abu Dhabi Book Fair

You can hold a Bible once given as a royal wedding gift, unroll a nine-metre Japanese picture story from 1658 or peer at fragments of Homer's Iliad written almost 1,800 years ago, if you can afford the price tag.These are among the unusual historical treasures being offered for sale at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, where a stand dedicated to rare books and manuscripts has brought together objects spanning centuries of literature, art and history.At the centre of the display is a fragment of...

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