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...
Happy New Year all! A new year, a new book for this wonderful forum. This time a description of the world, written by Cornelius Hazart (1617 -...
If you like documentaries about old books, I can advice this one as well. It is about Stephen Fry trying to recreate the Gutenberg printing press....
Thank you for sharing! It reminds me of a book in my collection where the leather cover is missing, but further is completely intact. I use to...
Oeh some of them look misleadingly old. [ATTACH] Original from Biblia Regia (1571). Nicholas le Bé, Troyes. [ATTACH]
As far as I understand from this website the brand name ARCHES is used from 1826. https://arches-papers.com/who-is-arches/history-arches/
The Phrygian hat has a fascinating history! [ATTACH]
Wow, what a find. The watermark seems too modern for a 17th century etching or copper engraving. For watermarks I always try to find one in...
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