View this post on Instagram A post shared by Arenberg Auctions (@arenberg.auctions) Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A tiny book measuring just 5 millimeters on each side surprised auctioneers in Brussels by selling for $4,739.11. Arenberg Auctions said the book, which contains the Catholic Lord's Prayer printed in Dutch, English, American English, French, German, Spanish and Swedish, was one of a few hundred published by the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany, in 1952 as a fundraising project to pay for post-war reconstruction efforts. Advertisement The book measures just 5 millimeters -- about .2 inch -- on each side. The auction house said the book had been expected to sell for up to $1,700, but surprised auctioneers by fetching a high bid of $3,949.61. Additional costs brought the total price to $4,739.11. "The printed text is so minuscule that you cannot read it with the naked eye, but need a strong magnifying glass," auctioneer Henri Godts told The Guardian. Advertisement The auction included the metal printing plates used to make the tome. "The copy has been in a collection for dozens of years and is kept in a jewel box as if it were a gem. You could even incorporate it into a transparent jewel and wear it around your neck, if you so wish," Godts said. The book came with the metal printing plates used to make it. Read More Tennessee grillers break Guinness record with barbecuing marathon Chicago woman reunited with cat lost 2 years earlier in North Carolina