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It Has Pockets!!
Purple Velvet Pockets!
19th c. book portfolio lined with all sorts of luxury fabrics. What goes inside?
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Purple Velvet Pockets!
19th c. book portfolio lined with all sorts of luxury fabrics. What goes inside?
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Costs An Arm and A Leg...
But Lasts a Hand And A Foot?!
What is it?
Renaissance Geography!
(Did I mention that early modern measurement schemes are endlessly fascinating!?)
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But Lasts a Hand And A Foot?!
What is it?
Renaissance Geography!
(Did I mention that early modern measurement schemes are endlessly fascinating!?)
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#WyrdWednesday #woodcutwednesday
Going My Way?
Here's the full Geographie page, complete with a globe! From the Tableaux Accomplis de Tous les Arts Liberaux, Christopher de Savigny, 1587.
Want to see more?
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Here's the full Geographie page, complete with a globe! From the Tableaux Accomplis de Tous les Arts Liberaux, Christopher de Savigny, 1587.
Want to see more?
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Terrific Title Page!
It promises that the "Tableaux" (Pictorial graphics? Diagrams? Both?) of the liberal arts with their singular, summarized method will make it easier to teach these important concepts to the youth . . .
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It promises that the "Tableaux" (Pictorial graphics? Diagrams? Both?) of the liberal arts with their singular, summarized method will make it easier to teach these important concepts to the youth . . .
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Don't Want To Go Back To Work Today?
How about a trip to Ancient Rome instead? (Via the Renaissance, of course! This book's from 1532.) Pick a gate, any gate; there are 16, 1 per pizza-shaped slice, each with a monumental topping...
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How about a trip to Ancient Rome instead? (Via the Renaissance, of course! This book's from 1532.) Pick a gate, any gate; there are 16, 1 per pizza-shaped slice, each with a monumental topping...
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Headshots
Even the title page is channeling antique monument fonts... Note the crowned SPQR on the left-most crest, the St Peter Papal keys and headgear on the center one (actually Pope Clement the 7th's arms who died two years later in 1534), and a cardinal hat at right.
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Even the title page is channeling antique monument fonts... Note the crowned SPQR on the left-most crest, the St Peter Papal keys and headgear on the center one (actually Pope Clement the 7th's arms who died two years later in 1534), and a cardinal hat at right.
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Now with MORE Tiber!
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With help from @EricaHnrksn and @SLevelt, here's the 1821 sheet from Le Monde Universel! Note the columns, still visible in the binding...
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