Tag: special books
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Spotlight: 17th century book with marbled paper binding
Read more: Spotlight: 17th century book with marbled paper bindingI was drawn in by the labyrinthine marbling of this book (volume 5) in Heythrop Library’s collection: Author Niccolò, de’ Tudeschi, 1386-1445. Title Abbatis Panormitani […] / Quamplurium iurisconsultorum, qui robè hucusque aliquid iis addidisse apparuerunt, & nuno demum Alexandri de Neuo, adnotationibus illustrata. ; Hac omnium nouissima editione accurato studio recognita, atq; ab innumeris erroribus, quibus…
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Spotlight: Cat’s paw binding
Read more: Spotlight: Cat’s paw bindingYesterday I came across a multi-volume work with cat’s paw binding: ‘La bibliotheque des prédicateurs’, translated as ‘The Preachers’ Library’ by Rev. Father Vincent Houdry, of the Society of Jesus. Many of the pre-1801 books in Heythrop Library’s collection have beautiful and interesting bindings; cat’s paw is one of my favourites, so-called because it looks…
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Spotlight: 18th century book with watermark of a mythical creature
Read more: Spotlight: 18th century book with watermark of a mythical creatureLook closely at this photo. What do you see? Imprinted into the paper is the faint image of a striding mythical animal with its tongue sticking out. This is a watermark. When the paper for this book was made by hand, shreds of cloth would have been mashed up in water and a wire mesh…