gmathio1 posted a photo:
If you want to find antiquarian books, that's the place in the Rive Gauche...
On the right, one of the famous Wallace fountains which are public drinking fountains designed by Charles-Auguste Lebourg. They are named after the Englishman Richard Wallace, who financed their construction. A great aesthetic success, they are recognized worldwide as one of the symbols of Paris.
AnEnchantment posted a photo:
Table of Contents (left) and first page
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Last page
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Pages
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Spine
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Unusually, this edition opens with a letter of dedication rather than "To the Reader"
Ed Brodzinsky posted a photo:
dealers were setting up their booths at the Cooperstown Book Fair on Friday afternoon. . . . this is Ben Koenig of The Country Bookshop in Plainfield, Vermont ( www.thecountrybookshop.com/ ) . . . . . in the background to the left is Barbara Smith who runs the Whately Book Center in Whatley, Massachusetts. . . . .
Ed Brodzinsky posted a photo:
coming up tomorrow, June 26th, will be the 16th annual Cooperstown Antiquarian Book Fair, an event that I organize each year with Willis Monie, my friend and local Cooperstown bookseller. . . . .
the fair is held at the Clark Sports Center on Susquehanna Avenue in Cooperstown NY, from 10 am to 4 pm, and is sponsored by the New York State Historical Association. . . . admission is $3.00, NYSHA members free. . . gate receipts are donated to NYSHA
the fair brings together dozens of booksellers from throughout the northeast who specialize in out-of-print, used & rare books, maps, prints and paper ephemera. . . . the link for the fair's web site, where I've listed the dealers and their specialties is: sites.google.com/site/cooperstownbookfair/
if you're within easy driving distance of Cooperstown, and would like something interesting and fun to do tomorrow, come on by. . . . . I'll be in booth #1 -- stop & say hi
DeeMac posted a photo:
For once I actually wrote down what I did with the Florabella textures and actions. I'm sure no-one is interested, but for my own sanity, I'm putting the 'recipe' here:
Allure (warm) - 79% overlay
Worn Linen (warm) 38% overlay
Cherish (cool) 53% overlay
Tea-stained 52% overlay
Then I ran Tints and Hazes in the B&W action player, et voila!
(Oh - I also erased almost everything from the vase as I went along, because I wanted to be able to see it! Now I think it looks a bit silly, so I might change the photo for one where everything has been covered in textures!)
DeeMac posted a photo:
Got the mask in Venice many years ago. I love the 'skull beneath the skin' look of these things. The mask seems to belong on a pile of antiquarian books, which is where it always lives.
From Wikipedia: Medico Della Peste (The Plague Doctor)
The Medico Della Peste with its long beak is one of the most bizarre and recognisable of the Venetian masks. The striking design has a macabre history originating from 16th century French physician Charles de Lorme who adopted the mask together with other peculiar sanitary precautions while treating plague victims. Traditionally the full face mask is white consisting of a hollow beak and round eye holes covered with crystal discs creating a bespectacled effect.
Today, the masks are often more decorative. The doctors who followed de Lorme's example wore the usual black hat and long black cloak as well as the mask, white gloves and a stick (to move patients without having to come into physical contact). They hoped these precautions would prevent them contracting the disease. Those who wear the 'plague doctor' mask often wear the associated clothing. The popularity of the Medico della Peste among carnivale celebrants can be seen as a memento mori.
Think I put the Speedlight on a table, lower right of the photo as you look at it, pointing to the upper left.
View On Black
kitschen pink posted a photo:
blogged here
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friedkampes posted a photo:
In mein Bücherschrank: Goethe's Werke; Hrsg von H Dünker. Stuttgart/Leipzig. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt vorm. Ed. Hallberger. ohne Jahr;
5 Bände. Dies ist die erste Seite vom 5. Band.
Ich denke es stammt von rund 1900, aber ich würde das genaue Jahr gerne wissen. Kann mir jemand helfen?
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Kiel Bryant posted a photo:
Make it this.
Aria Nadii posted a photo:
17th century book cover, angel painted on wood panel with elaborate embroidered frame. Collection: The British Library
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Satin embroidered book cover with threads of coloured silk 'woven' across upper and lower covers. The Whole Booke of Psalmes (London, 1627)
Collection: The British Library
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Back cover of an embroidered satin book
with remnants of a pair of satin ties.
The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. [and] The Whole Booke of Davids Psalmes.
(London, 1640)
Collection: The British Library
Aria Nadii posted a photo:
17th century embroidered satin book with pictorial angel and trees. The Whole Booke of Davids Psalmes
(London, 1634)
Collection: The British Library
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Embroidered velvet book with scroll and floral pattern. Orationis Dominic: explicatio
(Geneva, 1583)
Collection: The British Library
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Embroidered satin book with floral motif.
The Whole Booke of Psalmes (London, 1639)
Collection: The British Library
