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Antiquarian bookseller, London. (ABA/ILAB).

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Typographical chaos. Sondershausen, 1700.
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Johannes Balbus' Catholicon -- an immense Latin grammar and dictionary. Printed in Mainz in 1460 by Gutenberg. BPL's copy is one of relatively few printed on vellum (animal skin). Taking some pics with my iphone(!), you can see collagen fibers, hand-applied pigments, and ink squash from the press.
January 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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so ist es! #Antiquariat
There is no finer place to be
In Januar-ee
Than Stuttgar-Tee 🎶🎶
January 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
There is no finer place to be
In Januar-ee
Than Stuttgar-Tee 🎶🎶
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Not a middle finger (finger seems really to be abstracted to line-pointer). Manicule, Mexico, 1708.
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Such a welcome and unusual treat. Such versatility from the stars. ‘The playboy of the western world’ at the National Theatre.
January 14, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Uppers and downers. A coffee-drinker and a beer-drinker. Amsterdam, c1840.
January 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
13th-cent women law lecturers! A section on learned women in a satirical work of Madrid 1666 just introduced me to Accursia, daughter of Accursius, editor of the gloss on Justinian. She is apocryphal, but more certain I understand is Bettisia Gozzadini of Bologna (1209-1261) (thank you Wikipedia).
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Some nice use of typographical decoration. Madrid, 1766.
January 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This woman is getting some reading done. Amsterdam, c1800.
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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"Bibliophiles will be able to read in libraries at Wightwick Manor, Powis Castle, mid Wales, and Kingston Lacy, Dorset."
#books #reading #heritage #library
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM
What birthday cards do you have for middle-aged male antiquarian booksellers? Well, we have this …
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Are YOU the most depressing book plate ever? YES, You ARE!
July 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
2nd leaf recto of a very interesting book on nuns from Mexico, 1708, that I last had in 2022.
January 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I like bugs to be on the paper rather than eating into it. A very engaging German brocade paper.
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Stuttgart 26 - more than a Book Fair: almost 80 stands with 75 exhibitors - #newlocation #newvibe #youthcollectorszone #meet #youngpeople #friends
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Early modern book titles can be long, but if transcribed unabbreviated in a bibliography also function as their own description of contents.
January 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Gee, who could've foreseen that. Except everyone.
“When Brexit passed, the economic impact was initially minimal. But a decade later, the UK is estimated to have lost 6 to 8 per cent of GDP relative to its pre-Brexit trajectory. Structural damage reveals itself slowly, and always too late to be reversed.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Don’t be fooled — everything has changed for the global economy
Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last
giftarticle.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Laurens Janszoon Coster (1370-1440), the purported Dutch inventor of printing, is coming to the Stuttgart book fair! This block-coloured woodcut image is a copy of the statue in the garden of the Stedelijk Gymnasium of Haarlem, which is after a design by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708).
January 10, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Printer’s armorial! This belonged to Pedro Joseph de Alonso y Padilla (d.1771) on whom more here: historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/2643-pedro-joseph-de-alonso-y-padilla
January 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Early reader’s notes.
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Parrots of Rome, here by the ancient walls.
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Margins trimmed #temoin
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Bad and good decision-making on typography in politics www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
Why does Labour look so bad?
The government is behind on lots of things. Typography is one of them
www.newstatesman.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Italian bibliomerch. Notebook from Treccani, publishers of Enciclopedia Italiana, with their definition of ‘quaderno’, which means both notebook and quire (gathering from which both printed books and manuscripts are made). Basic building block.
January 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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January 6, 2026 at 10:21 AM