As several of you know one of my interests is the old book as a historical object. Sometimes I can completely nerd out as a book collector. This...
I visited quite a few book museums in my life. Some mediocre and some fantastic. Here are my best 3. Which would you recommend? My Top 3. If you...
This is a new addition to my collection: a large Bible printed in 1583 by Christophe Plantin (~1520-1589). The book is bound in a probably 17th...
Another addition to my collection! This book is (unfortunately) not complete, it contains only 97 of the 102 copper engravings, designed by the...
In the 19th and the early 20th century it was normal for a museum to use old wood blocks or copper plates to sell souvenirs. Sometimes they...
I’d like to share some details about a recent acquisition in my collection: a richly bound Psalterium Romanum printed in 1713 by the Officina...
I recently acquired a set of nine fortification plans engraved in 1672 and signed by Fr. Collignon (François Collignon), a French engraver active...
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 recently made a fascinating discovery while examining my own copy of Cicero’s Epistolae Familiares, printed in Maastricht by Jacobus Lekens...
Hello, I have acquired a collection of approximately 1,000 prints by an artist named L. van Gent. There are around 30 different designs,...
In February 2025, I acquired a beautifully illustrated Bible. Since it was printed in Antwerp, it fits perfectly within my collection of Antwerp...
Hello everyone, I’m seeking help in identifying and understanding the origins of a print in my collection. The engraving is titled Ecce Homo,...
I’m excited to share a new addition to my collection: Les Images Presque de Tous les Empereurs, printed in Antwerp in 1559 by Gilles Coppens van...
I recently came across this fascinating 18th-century document from the year 1725. It's a parish register from the village of Vliermael (in...
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...
Sometimes I find an intriguing book for sale online. This time I purchased a binding of a so called Roman Gradual (Graduale Romanum in Latin)....
In an online auction I bought this copper engraving together with two other engravings. It depicts the bible story of Pontius Pilate who showed...
I recently came across a fascinating piece of history that I'm eager to share with this community of history buffs and collectors. During a...
Not real antique but vintage. I have two stools in my possession that are designed by an architect called Pieter Swaan (1940-2010) and made by...
I have this ugly horse for about 10 years in my little pottery collection. It isn’t Delftware, because this is made of red instead if brown clay....
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