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  1. 2manybooks liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Royal Insignia on old French book?.

    Apparently the abbreviation is AIBL, for L’Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres:...

    Jul 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM

  2. 2manybooks liked Alex Mercuri's post in the thread Help identify 18th-century copper engravings marked "Tom. IX.".

    Thank you all very much for your help! Really appreciate it!

    Jul 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM

  3. 2manybooks liked Potteryplease's post in the thread Local new NA basket artist-good !.

    Great story. And great picture! The weavings in her lap have some connection to No. California styles too. @Taupou has noted before...

    Jul 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM

  4. 2manybooks attached a file to the thread Help identify 18th-century copper engravings marked "Tom. IX.".

    The quality of the engraving appears much better in the edition @Ex Libris found than in @Alex Mercuri's version - [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...

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  5. 2manybooks liked Ex Libris's post in the thread Help identify 18th-century copper engravings marked "Tom. IX.".

    This is the correct book:...

    Screenshot 2026-07-26 224810.jpg Jul 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM

  6. 2manybooks attached a file to the thread Help identify 18th-century copper engravings marked "Tom. IX.".

    Here are the lamps in their original context in Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte (courtesy of the Internet Archive) - [ATTACH]...

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  7. 2manybooks liked Figtree3's post in the thread Help identify 18th-century copper engravings marked "Tom. IX.".

    I did find out that there was an 18th-century publication, Pierre Sylvain Maréchal's Antiquités d'Herculanum, published in 1780 in 11 or...

    Jul 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM

  8. 2manybooks attached a file to the thread What Is a Cameo - NOT!.

    This is where I like to see opercula - [ATTACH] Tatanua mask from New Ireland, Rietberg Museum, Zurich

    upload_2026-7-26_11-58-15.png Jul 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM

  9. 2manybooks liked bosko69's post in the thread Local new NA basket artist-good !.

    Just discovered this in the local Willamette Falls Development Website. It's a pic of a young local tribe member (Siletz), who weaves...

    Chantele Rialtos (Siletz)-Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde.jpg Jul 26, 2026 at 12:32 PM

  10. 2manybooks attached a file to the thread Local new NA basket artist-good !.

    Beautiful work. Here is her instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/chantelerilatos.creations/ I believe she is also teaching...

    N. California gathering basket - smallest.jpg Jul 26, 2026 at 12:32 PM

  11. 2manybooks liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Post Mortem Baby 1927.

    The setting is colonial Indonesia, so in the Dutch East Indies. The lady is wearing the sarong and white kebaya which was worn by...

    Jul 24, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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