I was a volunteer at the archaeological department of my city. I did a lot of research for them. The city’s head archaeologist invited me in this...
It was the trailer of a full documentary. There was a DVD made. I wasn't able to find a second hand copy online. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
In 2008 together with some other people we searched the garden of a house where Vincent van Gogh lived in Nuenen (the Netherlands). We...
I am jealous! I wish there were such cool courses in my city. I am a bit more focused on printed books, but certainly the period of writing and...
Image how much work it would cost to produce such a page. First the making of the parchment, then printing each page one-by-one. After that the...
A "sticker" like that is uncommon in my opinion. Can you post a photo of the entire binding? Normally on book bindings there is a so called...
This is the correct book:...
This is a new book I added recently to my collection: ' t Bosch der Eremyten ende Eremytinnen van Ægypten ende Palestinen. By Heribert...
To determine the age of the paper it is useful to hold a strong light behind the paper. You should see a pattern like this: [ATTACH] This is...
Sorry for my confusion, I am not a native English speaker. What do you mean by ‘ancient’? Is it just old or antique? For me is ancient 1500 or...
That is was sold as an ancient book. I hope it wasn’t.
Just to be clear: the book you showed is not ancient, but probably from the period 1750-1900 AD. Stories like ‘found in an ancient tomb’ make me...
The illustration is a woodcut. In case of a copper engraving there would be an impression of the copper plate. Can you shine a light behind the...
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...
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