It looks to me as a late 19th or early 20th century baroque revival style. Very nice!
This is Gregorian chant indeed called neumes and there are a lot of these pages on the market. The ones you show are probably from southern...
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This only works with older books of course. I think 90% of the older books are scanned already.
To give a small example: Here is a specific text onbthe reverse of one of my illustrations: [ATTACH] I have highlighted the two phrases I would...
Most of the time I try it both ways: with a “u” or a “v” and a “s” or an “f”. I think this is because of the different OCR (Optical Character...
Yes, it is quite common that books were rebound in more of less volumes. Your books is part of a series and is not complete (at least it lacks...
It is not as difficult as you think. If you have a part of the text you can search it on Google books with quotes around it. Two years ago I...
I am sure these books were printed in high volumes, but I don’t know if many survive. The pictures inside makes the book more desirable. I think a...
By the way: I am not a real expert, I know just how to search Google Books. :watching:
This book on Google Books: https://www.google.nl/books/edition/Lehrbuch_der_zoologie_f%C3%BCr_gymnasien_rea/nXJAAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 This book...
Rare is a difficult term in this case. What do you mean by it? Uncommon? Desirable? Valuable?
If you want to know more about the publisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giunti_(printers)
The book you show is called Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem and printed in 1571 in Florence in Italy. Only a part of the...
Thank you! I haven’t had the chance to contact the museum yet. Yesterday I picked up the maps after buying them with these kind of photo’s....
I recently acquired a set of nine fortification plans engraved in 1672 and signed by Fr. Collignon (François Collignon), a French engraver active...
Although I am more knowledgeable about older paper, I’ll do my best to answer your question. Foxing on 19th-century paper is primarily due to the...
Of course you want to know what I paid for such an incomplete book: here is the original auction result:...
A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to add a long-desired book to my collection: the 1644 edition of Rembert Dodoens' "Cruydt-Boeck," printed...
I love little Susan’s autograph!
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