Leo Cadogan
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Antiquarian bookseller, London. (ABA/ILAB).
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Do you wanna play Pythagoras? Board game, Rotterdam, 1808.
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Do you wanna play Pythagoras? Board game, Rotterdam, 1808.
There is no finer place to be
In Januar-ee
Than Stuttgar-Tee 🎶🎶
In Januar-ee
Than Stuttgar-Tee 🎶🎶
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
There is no finer place to be
In Januar-ee
Than Stuttgar-Tee 🎶🎶
In Januar-ee
Than Stuttgar-Tee 🎶🎶
Not a middle finger (finger seems really to be abstracted to line-pointer). Manicule, Mexico, 1708.
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Not a middle finger (finger seems really to be abstracted to line-pointer). Manicule, Mexico, 1708.
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
Such a welcome and unusual treat. Such versatility from the stars. ‘The playboy of the western world’ at the National Theatre.
Uppers and downers. A coffee-drinker and a beer-drinker. Amsterdam, c1840.
January 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Uppers and downers. A coffee-drinker and a beer-drinker. Amsterdam, c1840.
Some nice use of typographical decoration. Madrid, 1766.
January 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Some nice use of typographical decoration. Madrid, 1766.
This woman is getting some reading done. Amsterdam, c1800.
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
This woman is getting some reading done. Amsterdam, c1800.
What birthday cards do you have for middle-aged male antiquarian booksellers? Well, we have this …
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
What birthday cards do you have for middle-aged male antiquarian booksellers? Well, we have this …
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
2nd leaf recto of a very interesting book on nuns from Mexico, 1708, that I last had in 2022.
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
I like bugs to be on the paper rather than eating into it. A very engaging German brocade paper.
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
Early modern book titles can be long, but if transcribed unabbreviated in a bibliography also function as their own description of contents.
Also coming with me to the Stuttgart fair (the week after next) is this terrifying French landing craft, called “La chute d’Angleterre” (the fall of England).
January 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Also coming with me to the Stuttgart fair (the week after next) is this terrifying French landing craft, called “La chute d’Angleterre” (the fall of England).
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
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).
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
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January 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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
Thank you, that is something interesting to look out for (if there was one). Besides anything else, this reader probably thought they were making the book better, at least for them (here they are copying in poems to the author, possibly from another edition).
January 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Thank you, that is something interesting to look out for (if there was one). Besides anything else, this reader probably thought they were making the book better, at least for them (here they are copying in poems to the author, possibly from another edition).
Parrots of Rome, here by the ancient walls.
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Parrots of Rome, here by the ancient walls.
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
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.
Three books of booksellers. Compilations of interviews by Sheila Markham, 2007, 2014, 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Three books of booksellers. Compilations of interviews by Sheila Markham, 2007, 2014, 2025.
This photo of cardboard boxes in a DHL warehouse reminds me of the LCRB packing space which am presently sorting through.
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This photo of cardboard boxes in a DHL warehouse reminds me of the LCRB packing space which am presently sorting through.
Transformations. Mid-century postbox repurposed for the Etsy Age.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Transformations. Mid-century postbox repurposed for the Etsy Age.
Winter sunset (not quite given full justice by this photo) to accompany end-of-year paperwork.
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Winter sunset (not quite given full justice by this photo) to accompany end-of-year paperwork.
Cheerful daydream drawing of a bookshop, made a few years ago but just found in my office. The play happening in front of it does feel on the level at which my colleagues and I sometimes interact.
December 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cheerful daydream drawing of a bookshop, made a few years ago but just found in my office. The play happening in front of it does feel on the level at which my colleagues and I sometimes interact.
Pasta-making. I have been helping feed the machine.
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Pasta-making. I have been helping feed the machine.