These two annotated books are of different species, but both are common usages for writing in books the first one , The 1684 Almanac has been used as a note-book, bound with 12 extra pages both before and after the... Continue Reading →
376G Melanchthon, Philipp. 1497-1560 Philippi Melanchthonis Philosophiae moralis epitomae libri duo emendati & aucti : nam tres virtutes additae, quintus Aristotelis totus immutatus : accessit etiam tractatus De autoritate principum & alter De arbore consanguinitatis & affinitatis, & index copiosus. Argentorati... Continue Reading →
Today, I looked at five books in later bindings covered with re used vellum manuscript leaves, I haven't bought them (yet maybe), but it made me think about this interesting tradition. So I took a couple of pictures of two... Continue Reading →
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