Chapter 75 title page and title painting

title page and title painting More than 800 kinds of engraved title pages and title paintings, including British and foreign ones (some are very fine Strange and Strange), all were taken from ancient paintings, neatly pasted on thick cardboard, divided into three volumes, half-leather-bound, Phnom Penh, folio book. The only collection of title pages that has given me supreme comfort is a beautiful folio, dated 1877. Published by the Committee of the Plantin Museum in Antiquity, just after they acquired this stunning edition After the big treasure house.Its name is "Titels en Portretten Gesnedennaar PP Ru ben

S Voar de Plantijnche Drukk—erlj", which contains thirty-five magnificent title pages, all It is based on the original engraving of the seventeenth century, which was written by the great painter Rubens himself. Various publications for the famous Plantine printing press, between 1612 and 1640 Designed.In this same museum there is kept Rubens' bill for a title page composition, There is also a signature of his own handwriting receipt. I have before me the exquisite Coclusiones Siue Decisi—ones Aneique Dnor De Rota, printed in 1477 by Theofer, a partner of Gothenburg.Apart from its most

The important part, that is, the inscription at the end of the book, is perfect, and this inscription is exactly the same as that of a certain Poe. The pretty "collector" has cut it out, and the text of this inscription should be: "Pridie noris Jamearii Mdcecclxxvij, in Civitate Moguntina, Impressarie Petroo Schoyffer de Ger—nsheym", followed by his famous trademark, two shields. At the beginning of this century, there was a similar frenzy to collect colorful and colorful characters. Mother, these were taken from ancient manuscripts, and pasted in alphabetical order to a blank book.I

The libraries of several of our cathedrals have suffered severe damage of this kind.At Lincolnshire Cathedral, In the early years of this century, the choir boys liked to change him in the library near the choir seats. their robes.There are countless ancient manuscripts here, including eight rare Caxton first prints. Book.While they were there waiting for the signal to enter the seats, these choir children used to cut with knives Those green-painted letters and decorations came for fun, and they were brought to the singing class seats to pass each other.then The pastors are not any better than these children, because they once let Dr. Pudding take all the cards

Kerston Rare Books, take them wherever you want.He made a little catalog of these, called "Lincoln's Bouquet."rear Later these things were incorporated into Alsob's collection. The late Mr. Gasbari was a "destroyer" of books.His collection of early wood Carved curiosities, exhibited in honor of Caxton in 1877, often to add to his Collecting, buying old illustrated books, removing the plates from them and pasting them on fine Bristol cardboard superior.He once showed me a fine fragment of De Verdanc, which he had torn out of the plates. Yes, I still have before me some of the pages he gave me, from the beauty of the engraving and the skill of the arrangement,

It can be said to overwhelm any printed book I have ever seen.This is Hans Schauss in Nuremberg, Germany in the sixteenth century Pekir's typesetting for Emperor Mexameron, in order to make it extremely exquisite, all the fonts are special The font of each letter has as many as seven or eight changes, plus there are two lines of characters above and below each line. The decorative strokes added on the surface make experienced printers see this book and refuse to believe that he is a row. printed.However, it is indeed printed entirely in cast movable type.A Perfect Book Now Worth It to fifty pounds.

Many years ago, I bought from Susby & Co. a collection of parchment loose codex leaves, some of which were a Part of the book, but mostly in single sheets.Many of them because of clipping the first painted capital letters, become worthless, but those whose first letters are unadorned, or not at all, are Still useful, so when I sorted it out, I found I had nearly twenty manuscripts For the most part, it can represent twelve variations of Latin, French, Dutch, and German in the fifteenth century calligraphy.I bound each individually and they now form a very interesting collection. Portrait collectors, in order to add to their treasures, tore the first side paintings from ancient books, so that

destroyed many books, and once a book is slightly damaged, it quickly becomes the whole book. destroy.That is why books like Jerdikins' The Origin and Growth of Printing, 166 Publisher for four years, will now be nowhere to be purchased.When this pamphlet of Jedikens was first published, it contained There was a page of exquisite title painting, which was made by Logan, in which there was a portrait of Charles II, and there were people standing beside him. And Archbishop Shelton, Duke of Albert Mare, and Earl of Clarendon.because of these celebrities Portraits are very rare (of course, the emperor's portrait is not included), so collectors have that whenever there is a market.

When Dikens' pamphlet appeared, he bought it immediately, and tore off the title painting to enrich their collection.just It is for this reason that when you pick up an auction catalog of ancient books, you can see such explanations from time to time, "Missing title page", "Missing two illustration pages", or "Missing the last page". Among ancient manuscripts, especially those of the fifteenth century, whether on paper or parchment, there are often Now the margins of the pages have been cut off, sometimes torn from the bottom, and I am bewildered by the destruction.

several years.Now I understand that this is due to the fact that paper was not easily available in ancient times, so every time a important information, and the slow memory of the servants in the house is not very reliable, then the gentleman or priest Then I walked into the library, and because there was no paper to use, I took an old book from the shelf and read it from its wide space. Cut one or two off the white edge for urgent needs. I am tempted to include among the "enemies" the bibliophile and the overprotective bibliophile, who Such people, in order not to be able to take their treasures into another world, do their best to hinder their lives in this world.

It's being used by people.To gain access to the strange The library, how difficult it should be.The collection is at Magdalen College, Cambridge, locked in Poppe in a bookcase of the same design as he had designed himself; but unless accompanied by two colleagues from the College, no one No one is allowed to enter alone, and it is stipulated that if a book is lost, the entire collection will be transferred to another school. hospital.No matter how willing these two colleagues are to accompany you, reading books for you alone will cost them The time between the two of you is something no one wants to do, even if the two colleagues are patient with you. The Tylerian Museum in Harlen has similar restrictions, and many treasures have been sentenced to life imprisonment ban. Centuries ago, a valuable collection of books was donated to a grammar school established by Giltford's endowment. It is stipulated that the principal of the school shall be fully responsible for the safety of each book, and if it is lost, he shall be responsible for compensation.Have I have been told of a headmaster who, in an effort to relieve himself of the responsibilities which he had borne, resorted to the following savagery: Disposal——As soon as he took over, he dug up all the floors of the school classrooms and carefully removed all The books were hidden in the floor shelves, and the floor was nailed back.He doesn't care how many mice big and small there are Will make a nest here; sooner or later he will be responsible for checking every volume in the collection.He thinks that apart from such a positive There is no safer alternative to imprisonment. The story of Mithel, Sir Thomas Philips, is a good example of a bibliomaniac certificate.He acquires rare books solely for the purpose of burying them.His mansion is full of books; he collects He buys books from other people's entire library, but he never pays attention to what he buys.purchased from him Among the books, there is the first volume in English typesetting, "Historical Compilation of Troway", by William Carr Kerston was translated by the Duchess of Burgundy, sister of our Edward IV.it is true but it is almost unbelievable that Sir Thomas was unable to find the book, although it was in his library.This is no wonder, because when he passed away, the books bought twenty years ago were still It was left there without opening the box, and the only thing he had to know about what was in the box was the auction house. catalog or bookseller's invoice.