Have a look at some of the books we've recently catalogued! This week's highlights include two pre-Civil War travel guide books for the United States, a cleverly illustrated children's book, and a French biography of Theodosius the Great in a beautiful decorative prize binding! You can find each item individually...
Here is another glimpse of the process that goes on behind the scene as we produce our video flow. This short video represents over 2 hours of work being done, the initial filming process of the books prior to their cataloging, collating, editing the pictures, creating the online listings, etc.
This week we share a short video which shows a beautiful assortment of c.1835-45 European view prints which all display superior early hand color. The artist who colored these long ago was clearly a talented colorist with an eye for nuance and shadow. The gum arabic they carefully applied shortly...
