As a collector of old books and IT professional I am interested in computer tools that can help me with my research into books. This tool shows...
Several copies here: https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?full=on&ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=79zLQq1d1vc9abfSiCHWpTXepL4_1688211486_1:4:3
I found this book on bookfinder.com https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=2162093678&cm_sp=det-_-bsk-_-bdp
This is a new book in my Antwerp collection, even the theme is new for me: an emblem book. In the 16th and 17th century so called emblem books...
Roemer is an old (~1550) Dutch word that means: large wine glass. It is pronounced as “Roomer” in English.
My father, who suffers dementia, liked the prints a lot so I decided to make a coloring book for him, after he choose his favorites. This is the...
Michel-Françoise Dandré-Bardon was famous for a book about ancient costumes. Maybe that is lead....
And the scans... [ATTACH]
I bought 2 extra prints on internet (both for €20). The seller sold them as lithographs, but it easy to see they are wood engravings. I recognized...
This link should lead to a page with all the scans in a descent resolution. Can you see them?...
All prints are scanned and cataloged now and it is impossible to show all here unfortunately. I have made a selection of some prints from famous...
Thank you! The vellum was most likely part of the original binding in your case.
Cool, thank you for your interesting story! As I said in the other topic, the recycling of parchment/vellum was quite common in the early modern...
A description of the book and many photo’s. :happy:
A similar binding from my collection. From a French Bible of 1838 [ATTACH]
Welcome to this board . Your book seems to be bound in some kind of legal document, probably dating from the 16th century. I can't see enough of...
The bottom one seems like the Vatican coat of arms. [ATTACH]
Just some remarkable prints in the connection for fun: The lactation of Saint Bernard, medieval people were weird... [ATTACH] A print with the...
That is a maybe an idea for the ones I cannot identify. There is one problem tough: most of the print are very small. That means you only can see...
I will collect them when I finish the scans an post them here. Thanks in advance!
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