Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books(@JGRareBooks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Look at these wonderful cameos in the border of the Rochechouart Book of Hours! 👀✨📚 Read more here: guenther-rarebooks.com/artworks/categ…

Look at these wonderful cameos in the border of the Rochechouart Book of Hours! 👀✨📚  Read more here: guenther-rarebooks.com/artworks/categ… #manuscripts #rarebooks
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Marsh's Library(@MarshsLibrary) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A pristine looking bookmark marking a page in a Bible for well over 300 years, its presence given away by a blackened end, collecting Dublin grime on the shelves of Marsh's since 1707!

A pristine looking bookmark marking a page in a Bible for well over 300 years, its presence given away by a blackened end, collecting Dublin grime on the shelves of Marsh's since 1707! #Readers #RareBooks
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M Cavert(@MCavert) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Blue Castle by
First editions in Canada and US, and later editions by publishers in UK and Australia. 1926-1949.

The Blue Castle by #LMMONTGOMERY
First editions in Canada and US, and later editions by publishers in  UK and Australia. 1926-1949.#rarebooks
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University of Exeter Heritage Collections(@UoEHeritageColl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the otters, for today is their special day! 🦦

This engraving of an otter is from the book ' The Illustrated Natural History' (1863) by J. G. Wood.

📷 Reserve 590.2/WOO

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the otters, for today is their special day! 🦦

This engraving of an otter is from the book ' The Illustrated Natural History' (1863) by J. G. Wood.

📷 Reserve 590.2/WOO

#WorldOtterDay #Otters #RareBooks
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Ortiz Marcos Libros(@ortizmlibros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hoy os mostramos esta edición de la “ de Nueva España escrita por su esclarecido conquistador Hernán Cortés” de Lorenzana, 1770.
📌Cardenal Silíceos, 22. Madrid
📞616526430. santiguos antiguo

Hoy os mostramos esta edición de la “#Historia de Nueva España escrita por su esclarecido conquistador Hernán Cortés” de Lorenzana, 1770.
📌Cardenal Silíceos, 22. Madrid
📞616526430. #librosantiguos #libroantiguo #libro #rarebooks #antiquebooks #oldbooks #bibliofilia #España
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Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books(@JGRareBooks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Look at these fabulous borders by the workshop of Jean Poyer- one the great illuminators of Renaissance France. 🇫🇷✨📚 Read more here: guenther-rarebooks.com/artworks/categ…

Look at these fabulous borders by the workshop of Jean Poyer- one the great illuminators of Renaissance France. 🇫🇷✨📚 Read more here: guenther-rarebooks.com/artworks/categ… #manuscripts #rarebooks #illumination
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Marsh's Library(@MarshsLibrary) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Beautiful inside & out! An early 16th century Venetian binding on a gorgeously illustrated missal, printed in Venice in 1508

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DMUArchives&RareBooks(@DMUSpecialColls) 's Twitter Profile Photo

😱Just look at the damage your average can do! Using an approach, archives choose brass: a zinc and copper alloy + strong & corrosion-resistant = it cannot rust! 🤓

@librarydmu Explore Your Archive Archive Hashtag

😱Just look at the damage your average #paperclip can do! Using an #EYAScience approach, archives choose brass: a zinc and copper alloy + strong & corrosion-resistant = it cannot rust! 🤓#PaperclipDay

@librarydmu @explorearchives @ArchiveHashtag #archives
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W.D. Jordan Library(@jordan_library) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Published in 1561, This is the myrrour or glasse of helth necessary and nedefull for euery person to loke in is bound in a 19th century calf binding, with panel design, bordered with blind rules and has central arabesques also in blind.

Published in 1561, This is the myrrour or glasse of helth necessary and nedefull for euery person to loke in is bound in a 19th century calf binding, with panel design, bordered with blind rules and has central arabesques also in blind. #16thCentury #BookBinding #RareBooks
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Nati NAGAR ◼️(@NatisArms) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Morgan’s unique way to interpret arms, as he used 2 do throughout his “The Sphere of Gentry”, 1661-3.
“parte[y] per fess nubile [nebuly] a volant sable, in base, a proper or argent”.
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Morgan’s unique way to interpret arms, as he used 2 do throughout his “The Sphere of Gentry”, 1661-3. 
“parte[y] per fess nubile [nebuly] a #martlet volant sable, in base, a #swan proper or argent”. 
#doubleheadedeagle pre #LesArmoiriesDuVendredi #heraldry #rarebooks #17thCentury
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ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS
by
First edition published in USA by F.A. Stokes
(by McClelland & Stewart in Canada; titled
Windy Willows by UK publishers)

1st printing, 10 Aug 1936
2nd printing, 22 Sept 1936
3rd printing, 6 Nov 1936

ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS
by #LMMontgomery 
First edition published in USA by F.A. Stokes
 (by McClelland & Stewart in Canada; titled 
Windy Willows by UK publishers)

1st printing, 10 Aug 1936
2nd printing, 22 Sept 1936
3rd printing, 6 Nov 1936

#rarebooks
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