Mara CaelinAh to have confidently attained nirvana in the style of a crusty bibliographer…
ExhibitExplorerTrochi. A. B. Trochus primus, sive maculosus; C. Trochus secundus; D. Trochus tertius, sive Papuanus, ut et Trochus longævus; E. Trochus quartus, sive Labeo; Fig. 1-11. sunt omnes diversæ species Trochorum; Fig. 12. Dolium Matinum. Plate 21. From the book: Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum; quales sunt cancri, echini, echinometra, stellae marinae, &c. ut et cochlearum ... quibus accedunt conchylia, ut nautilus, cornu Ammonis, & conch univalvi et bivalviae ... denique mineralia ..., 1739, Hague, The, by Georg Rumpf, Lugduni Batavorum, apud P. van der Aa,. Te Papa (RB001235/021a)
Magenta RocksPretty cool.
#Books #RareBooks #Records #Music #OldStuff
The strange and special books, photos and objects for sale at the NY Antiquarian Book Fair
Fairy tale illustrationsEx Libris: A Latin mark meaning "From the books of..."
In antiquarian fairy tales, these plates add a personal layer of history. They bridge the gap between the fantastic worlds inside the pages and the real people who once held and cherished them.
Here is a glimpse into some provenance of my collection.
#Bibliophile #Antiquarian #ExLibris #BookHistory #FairyTaleCollector #BookIllustration #FairyTaleArt
#Bookplate #OldBooks #FairyTales #PixelFedBooks #RareBooks
In antiquarian fairy tales, these plates add a personal layer of history. They bridge the gap between the fantastic worlds inside the pages and the real people who once held and cherished them.
Here is a glimpse into some provenance of my collection.
#Bibliophile #Antiquarian #ExLibris #BookHistory #FairyTaleCollector #BookIllustration #FairyTaleArt
#Bookplate #OldBooks #FairyTales #PixelFedBooks #RareBooks
Oliver AmmannDas Digitalisat der #ethbibliothek zeigt die kolorierte Abbildung eines #Weidenprachtkäfer aus "The Natural History of British #Insects" (London 1794–1795)
https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/4201864
#insekten #AnthaxiaSalicis #BuprestisSalicis #Käfer #bug #altedrucke #rarebooks
CBC WorldArmed with paintbrushes, volunteers try to preserve rare books at Gaza City's Omari library
A group of volunteers had begun sifting through the damage at the Omari library in Gaza City and trying to save whatever books they can find. They say the work is not just about the books, it's about protecting the culture and heritage of the Gaza Strip.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-library-war-9.7163599?cmp=rss
A group of volunteers had begun sifting through the damage at the Omari library in Gaza City and trying to save whatever books they can find. They say the work is not just about the books, it's about protecting the culture and heritage of the Gaza Strip.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-library-war-9.7163599?cmp=rss
CBC Top StoriesArmed with paintbrushes, volunteers try to preserve rare books at Gaza City's Omari library
A group of volunteers had begun sifting through the damage at the Omari library in Gaza City and trying to save whatever books they can find. They say the work is not just about the books, it's about protecting the culture and heritage of the Gaza Strip.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-library-war-9.7163599?cmp=rss
A group of volunteers had begun sifting through the damage at the Omari library in Gaza City and trying to save whatever books they can find. They say the work is not just about the books, it's about protecting the culture and heritage of the Gaza Strip.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-library-war-9.7163599?cmp=rss
Longreads"I come home that night empty-handed. No Yellow Bird. Not in the national libraries or in the cracked bookstores on Donceles or in the vaults of Morton Subastas."
Geoffrey Gray for Alta Journal: https://www.altaonline.com/books/a70453082/joaquin-murieta-yellow-bird-zamorano-80/
#Longreads #California #Books #RareBooks #Collecting #History #Libraries #Mexico #Reading
Kathryn Cramer 📚🎨The catalog from James Cummins of the books from my late husband David Hartwell's collection has just come out.
Check it out! Buy 3 of everything! My kids need shoes! #booksky #sciencefiction #books #rarebooks
www.jamescumminsbookseller.com/searchResult...
Lux Mentis, BooksellersKate Holland binding on Peter Koch's, Fragments of Parmenides. Photograph inside depicts refugees making the same crossing from Turkey to Greece nearly 2500 years later that Parmenides’s family made. #nyabaa26 #booktok #rarebooks #finepress #designbinding #artistbooks #bookarts
