Great to see here a fellow book collector! I am a collector of early modern books. It was not a common practice to sign books as an author, so I...
Yes, but even more in Pieter Breughel’s time :) The picture was taken in a village called Breugel and there was a yearly celebration called the...
I could be part of this engraving as a kid. [ATTACH]
Today I got this via the mail: the original engraving by Hendrik Goltzius! [ATTACH] Both the first unknown “after” engraving and the new...
The picture with the turnip surrounded by psyches is from a book about local law in Brabant and Flanders. Every chapter of these books have a...
The third picture is from a book made by Otto van Veen, the teacher of Rubens....
In my books I find many cupids, putti and psyches. Although they were used in the Baroque period the most. Peter Paul Rubens, Otto van Veen and...
Happy New Year all! A new year, a new book for this wonderful forum. This time a description of the world, written by Cornelius Hazart (1617 -...
If you like documentaries about old books, I can advice this one as well. It is about Stephen Fry trying to recreate the Gutenberg printing press....
Thank you for sharing! It reminds me of a book in my collection where the leather cover is missing, but further is completely intact. I use to...
Oeh some of them look misleadingly old. [ATTACH] Original from Biblia Regia (1571). Nicholas le Bé, Troyes. [ATTACH]
As far as I understand from this website the brand name ARCHES is used from 1826. https://arches-papers.com/who-is-arches/history-arches/
The Phrygian hat has a fascinating history! [ATTACH]
Wow, what a find. The watermark seems too modern for a 17th century etching or copper engraving. For watermarks I always try to find one in...
I have got a lot more copper engravings and woodcuts in my collection about Christmas and Epiphany. Feel free to use them if you want....
The earlier the paper, the better the paper quality is my experience. Years ago I bought a stack of cardboard displays with fragments of a very...
I wish all the members here happy holidays! Although this a book illustration, I think this is a real art piece, so I put it on this forum. It is...
For me it is very difficult to determine the kind of paper, by just a few photographs. Also here it is very helpful to shine a bright light behind...
A very high quality copper engraving! Nice!
Yes I just made this photo. https://www.antiquers.com/threads/missale-romanum-roman-missal-plantin-1574.54325/
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