Quercus Binding @quercusbinding
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I’ve just come across this utterly delightful advert for a King’s Lynn 'bookseller and stationer' stuck into an account book (1718-1745) in the Cholmondeley (Houghton) collection! [Ch(H)/Account books/23/1]
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#OTD in 1905 an undergrad brought a book to us for advice on its repair. It turned out to be our own lost Shakespeare First Folio...
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Beautiful woodcut of London c.1742 from the #Fleuron database @Hazel1552 @thegentleauthor @typeasimage
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Sewing a saddle stitch with indigo-dyed thread to secure the covering leather to the struc… ift.tt/2dzzLgY
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Fleuron has launched today at fleuron.lib.cam.ac.uk
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Word and Image: Martin Luther's Reformation opens today in NYC runs until 22Jan '17 @MorganLibrary #martinluther #printhistory #manuscripts
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“So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.” happy #BookshopDay! ― Van Gogh
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Happy #BookshopDay in the UK to all @ILABRareBooks @booksellersanon booksellers #rarebooks #bibliophilelife
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“You could lose diamonds, but a book has knowledge, it has history. You lose that entirely. Who cares about diamonds?” J Cummins #booktheft
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Question: when was #Greek first read/written in Britain? blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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NYT interviewed several ABAA members for this piece on thefts of #RareBooks: nyti.ms/2cQAtUk
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#Conservation code cracking: finding meaning in hidden symbols blogs.bl.uk/collectioncare…
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This year's Panizzi Lectures start on 10 Oct, and focus on early British libraries blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…
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Primary motivation for the purchase of a manuscript ... an appreciation of the object itself. Our Donovan @spectator goo.gl/mXognV
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Thomas Becket's personal book of psalms 'found in Cambridge library' d.gu.com/MMsB5Q
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Some of the finest illuminated manuscripts in the world have gone on display @FitzMuseum_UK ow.ly/aufL302NPrd
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