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The oldest book I currently possess is a family heirloom, a very tiny New Testament (2 inches wide by 3 inches deep) in "diamond 48" type (incredibly tiny) which is dated 1835, and printed on incredibly thin "bible paper".
That makes it about...damn, not enough fingers to calculate with...180 years old or thereabouts. I doubt any given ebook will last that long, (I hear the noughts and ones get tired with age, just like me) and as for an e-reader....
On the other hand, I've never tried to read this particular edition. I would need a VERY powerful magnifying glass. The body type size used in the average phone book would be an ultra-large display face in this book.
It just occurred to me--it was probably hand-set! How on earth did they DO it? Loupe and tweezers?
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