Illumination

2020.11.04 - Bookish Talk #5 - History of Some Objects in My Collection

Bookish Talk/ History/ History of Printing/ Illumination/ Medieval Bookbinding

Cryptic History of Some Objects from My Collection – Bookish Talk #5

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We discuss two objects from my collection. This book and… something else. Both of them have something in common: after I got them, I searched the internet and found them being sold on auctions in the previous years. And, yes, I’m 99% sure these are the same objects I have now.

Why am I so sure? What was their story? Should one use online price on old books as a benchmark? We answer all of these questions and more in this episode of the Bookish Talk!

I have already posted some other illustrations from the book — the special issue of the magazine The Illuminators’ Magazine from 1862. It’s a beautiful and informative edition that includes 29 amazing plates (chromolithographs).

The digitized version of the book is already available to our patrons on Patreon with pledges of $3 or more!

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00:00 – Beginning
00:56 – Introducing the objects we are going to discuss today
01:57 – Auction’s page for the first object
02:25 – The Illuminator. Containing all the parts of The Illuminators Magazine (1862)
03:11 – A sidenote on facsimile reproductions
04:00 – Why am I sure that’s the same book I got from a bookseller in the Hague?
05:14 – The difference between the estimate, the final selling price, and the price I got the book at the book market
05:49 – Should one use online price on old books as a benchmark?
08:06 – Moving to the second object
08:42 – Cliches of a series of newspaper comic strips by Loek van Delden
12:07 – Finding stories about vintage objects and their previous owners
12:48 – Should I do anything with these cliches? And a bit about copyright.

The Illuminator. Containing all the parts of The Illuminators Magazine & completing the subject (Barnard & Sons, Lodon, 1862)

Digitization/ History/ Illumination

The Illuminator. Containing All the Parts of The Illuminators Magazine & Completing the Subject (1862)

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Today we share this special issue of The Illuminators’ Magazine from 1862. That’s a beautiful and informative edition that includes 29 amazing plates (chromolithographs) showcasing different types of illumination.

As usual, the newly digitized books are shared with our patrons at Patreon.com as a part of the compensation for their monthly pledges (for tiers starting with 3$/3 euros per month). If you’d like to become our patron, you can always join our community on Patreon.

To access our digitized books collection, you can also use the following link: https://issuu.com/stepanchizhov

All of the books were scanned with our book scanning system for smartphones that is available for sale at our Etsy shop. You can find more about the current version of our book scanning system here.

2020.02.28 - A Guide to Beginners in the Art of Illumination (Albert H. Warren, 1860)

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Digitized Book: A Guide to Beginners in the Art of Illumination (Albert H. Warren, 1860)

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It’s time to share this month’s digitized books. Both of them will be dedicated to illumination and both were published in the middle of the 19th century. Today’s book is A Guide to Beginners in the Art of Illumination by A. H. Warren.

I found this convoluted volume of five books dedicated to illumination on the book market in the Hague. And I like this collection, especially as some of these bound together books aren’t often available for sale.

  • A Guide to Beginners in the Art of Illumination by Albert H. Warren
  • On ornamental art, applied to ancient and modern bookbinding (by Joseph Cundall). Read to the meeting of the Society of Arts held November 1847.
  • 16 text pages + 21 plates. Published by House of the Society of Arts (London), 1860.
  • If you find any OCR errors, please send us a message.

As usual, the book is available for download to our patrons at Patreon with pledges starting at only $3 per month. Alternatively, you can buy the digital copy at our Issuu account.

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