Arguably the most beautiful printer’s mark of the #Plantin press in my collection, from a (for me) unknown maker. Origines Antverpiensivm by Carolus Scribani (1610).

#bookhistory

The #printing trades have a strong presence at the People’s History Museum in Manchester. SHARP (@[email protected]) folks should check it out. People's History Museum (PHM) #bookhistory #printing history

What a sensational find!!
🤩📚🥳

The oldest book in the world is in the Uni Graz/University of Graz special collections! (Ok, fragment but still)

In case this got you into #rarebooks & #bookhistory .. we conveniently just released a video course!
🔗 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

🟡 Die Uni Graz präsentierte heute das kürzlich entdeckte bislang weltweit älteste bekannte Fragment eines Buches in Kodex-Form.

Alle Infos und das Pressekit gibt es auf:
🔗 mummybook.uni-graz.at

@theresalupi #weworkfortomorrow #universityofgraz #mummybook #mumienbuch

Then Ana Sáez-Hidalgo Ana Saez-Hidalgo discusses the use of English books of controversy in English colleges in Spain #anglospanish #bookhistory #Emodlibraries #earlymoderntwitter #recusant

So many teasers in this paper on how to reconstruct the libraries. Exciting #bookhistory

New, antiquarian & collectable book auctions, starting tonight for 10 day auction.

#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #finebinding #bookhistory #earlymodern #bookauctions
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'FIXED PRICE NO CHIK-CHIK'

(From yesterday's session at IES on Daryaganj's parallel book history.)

#bookhistory #BookTwitter

Some of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
End next Sunday from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #finebinding #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompedl…

A long conference lunch break just means we went back to library to see Fagel more books, thanks to Joe Nankivell The Library of Trinity College Dublin #bookhistory

The original Fagel Library in Trinity as presented by Joe Nankivell, Senior Bibliographer on the Unlocking the Fagel Collection Project #FagelSymposium

In her 70s, Connie found Curt ♥️ Newly married & ready for adventures, they embarked on their first B&B experience. Discover their heartwarming story & plan your own romantic getaway. 
bit.ly/BookHistoryAtV…

#BookHistory #VisitBN #BloNo #RomanticGetaway

'digs deep into human nature'

'will leave you with a changed perspective'

'This is an amazing book.'

'Every time I read the book, it feels like I'm reading it for the first time. I relate to different parts of the book during each reading.'

🚀 Vivamos juntos las aventuras que solo se pueden encontrar en los libros.📚 Encuentra aquí tus libros favoritos para leer junto a papá👴

IT'S AUCTION DAY!
Rare and Antiquarian books auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #rarebooks #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #bookhistory #earlymodern #philosophy #religion #bookauction
ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompedl…

These movies actually got the history part right, see which ones made the list.

Some of the antiquarian & collectable books we have for auction this week.

#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #finebinding #bookhistory #earlymodern #bookauctions
ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompedl…

So excited to travel to Scotland after so many years and speak at the 2023 #USTC conference in St Andrews USTC 📖🔍 !
Besides,it's also my daughter first flight, and it makes everything more adventurous!
#BookTwitter #bookhistory

BAPS Münster MA TRANS/NATIONAL STUDIES @WWU_Münster Please do share this info with students looking for an MA degree with a #bookhistory #bookstudies #publishing #bookculture #buchwissenschaft focus! SHARP (@[email protected]) SHARP (@[email protected])News Book History Network Börsenverein APE

German Renaissance style initials featured in Schriften Atlas (1889) by Ludwig Petzendorfer - from original drawings by E. Terschak.

#Library #Collections #Lettering #TypeDesign #Typography #TypeHistory #BookHistory

Some of the new, rare, and antiquarian books we have for auction starting tonight from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #finebinding #bookauctions
ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompedl…

'The life of a written text doesn't end with the publication of the first edition; at that moment its life just begins' - Dr Svetlana Kochkina in our conversation about her new book, 'Frances Burney's Evelina' (@Palgrave) for New Books Network 📚. Listen at newbooksnetwork.com/frances-burney… #bookhistory

The British Library have some real gems in their free exhibition 📚 #history #bookhistory #earlymodern #London

Preparing yourself for a conference is a battle between how fast can you speak and how many jokes you are willing to sacrifice for the sake of conciseness
#USTC22 #bookhistory

Heartbroken at the news of William Proctor Williams passing. #Shakespeare studies and #bookhistory studies owe him so much, but even more importantly he was a genuinely good and great man. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones tonight.