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Admonitions of the Instructress of the Ladies of the Palace [facsimile]
Example of early Chinese silk-weave scroll painting ; condition fine ; rolled scroll bound with ribbon ; protected in near fine wooden box ; leaves near fine ; includes informational booklet by Basil Gray
Book of Kells [facsimile]
Protective Case: fair to good ; bumped corners ; some wear and damage on opening edge ; green cloth with gilded title area on one side with large, detailed coloured illustration affixed to the other (the number '34' and text feature near the bottom…
Book of Nehemiah 11.2-13.15, Old Testament, single sheet [original]
Very good condition ; a small amount of paper is missing from the side along which (it seems) it was originally bound ; marginalia ; Venetian printing ; 15th century
Slip enclosed reads: "PAGEANT BOOK and PRINT SHOP / 109 EAST 109th STREET / NEW…
Slip enclosed reads: "PAGEANT BOOK and PRINT SHOP / 109 EAST 109th STREET / NEW…
Boyle's Fashionable Court and Country Guide for January, 1833 [original]
Binding: poor to fair ; front cover completely separated from material ; spine and back cover are still connected ; red leather with gold tooling [border detail and a crown with the initials "A" and "R" on either side of the top of the crown on the…
C.A. Cutter's Three Figure Author Table [original]
Binding: poor to fair ; worn (especially edges) ; cracked hinge (front) ; front and rear cover bound in cloth resembling leather ; text on front over in yellow ink reads: "C.A. CUTTER'S THREE-FIGURED AUTHOR TABLE / DISTRIBUTED BY THE H.R. HUNTING…
Catalogue Des Livres [original]
A French bookseller's catalogue of French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Latin books.
Binding: fair to good ; paper binding (black marbling) ; rubbing on sides, edges, front, back, spine
Spine: fair ; paper binding ; damage at top and bottom…
Binding: fair to good ; paper binding (black marbling) ; rubbing on sides, edges, front, back, spine
Spine: fair ; paper binding ; damage at top and bottom…
Collection d'Anciens Evangiles [original]
Binding: very good ; fully bound in red leather ; marbled enpapers (yellow, blue, green, red) ; borders of inside binding (before endpapers) feature gold tooling
Spine: very good ; 5 raised bands ; gilded text in two compartments reads "COLLECTION…
Spine: very good ; 5 raised bands ; gilded text in two compartments reads "COLLECTION…
Conference D'Antitvs, Panvrge, et Gveridon [original]
Binding: very good ; navy blue leather ; marbled endpapers ; gold tooling around inside edges of binding and before the leather meets the marbled endpapers ; gilded foreedges ; slip enclosed reads: "THIBARON-ECHAUBARD BINDING"
Spine: good ; 5…
Spine: good ; 5…
Cuneiform Clay Tablet [facsimile]
Protected: in a lidded (very worn) cardboard box ; embedded in a soft material that looks like cotton on top of a synthetic material
Sticker on box reads: Oriental Institute Museum
Publishing note: writing on front and back and on parts of one…
Sticker on box reads: Oriental Institute Museum
Publishing note: writing on front and back and on parts of one…
Dante's Divina Comedia [original]
Binding: fair to good ; fully bound in paper ; some wear, especially at corners and bottom front board slightly bent in at top ; markings that appear to be red ink are visible on the back board ; plain endpapers
Spine: good ; features hand-printed…
Spine: good ; features hand-printed…
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textures of your pandemic experience
A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.