Thank you, I saw that website as well. A while ago they sold a bunch of books from the Romanov’s. It looks they put more effords in their bindings...
Thank you! :)
I bought a book recently and it is shipping at the moment. In this book (Comedies of Plautus, Plantin - Antwerp, 1566) a Cyrillic bookplate is...
I read Snuyf there (3 times). Fruit was way too healthy for this person .
A new find in a book: some kind of shopping list, written in Dutch. The books belonged to a priest named Petrus Josephus Wappers. He was priest in...
As many of these graduals were produced in Spain it is likely this copy is produced there too. I think that preservation or cleaning would be...
I would call it a rough but complete state hahaha. These liturgical books were made to use a lot. That is why they are almost never in a perfect...
Wow that is a fantastic book and very valuable! This book definitely needs a separate topic! What are the dimensions of the book? Do you know...
Do you mean you inherited a similar book with the vellum pages still intact? That could be a very valuable book!
Your photos didn’t show unfortunately. If you need help with books (before 1800) you can pm me. It is probably worth a separate topic .
That is difficult in this case because there are so many different editions that all look alike. What are the first and last pages you’ve got?
Some more info about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_of_Christ
I think it is late 17th century. The title is De l'Imitation de Jésus-Christ. There are countless reprints out there of this book, so it cost a...
And if they are going to thrown away anyway? Why not?
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