From cut-out confessions to cheese pages: the world's strangest books

Edward Brooke-Hitching set out to curate the ultimate collection of bizarre books down the ages. The result is his new book, The Madman’s Library, which reveals some of the strangest books ever written and produced.

Clockwise from top left: A Manual of Mathematics, La confession coupée, 
20 Slices of American Cheese, Poissons, ecrevisses et crabs.

Read more: The Guardian