book-aesthete
Archive/RSS/Ask/Submit
"May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books." -Thomas Carlyle
Welcome to my virtual book collection. Since collecting actual books is somewhat cost-prohibitive, I've begun to amass all of the books I would love to have if I had the means. Some are new, lots are old, all are unique or beautiful or unusual or in some other way have captured my fancy. Enjoy browsing!
Special Collections: Fine Bindings ~ Fairies and Fairy Tales ~ Terror and Madness ~ Poetry ~ Food, Drink and Apothecary ~ Science Fiction ~ Illuminations, Lettering and Hand-Coloring ~ Magic ~ Supernatural and Occult ~ Alchemy ~ Science and Technical ~ Maritime ~ Costumes ~ Humor ~ Children's books ~ Legend of King Arthur ~ Americana ~ 18th Century ~ 19th Century Authors and illustrators: Edgar Allan Poe ~ Jules Verne ~ Edmund Dulac ~ Kay Nielsen ~ Arthur Rackham ~ Edward Gorey ~ Charles Dickens ~ H.P. Lovecraft ~ William Hope Hodgson ~ Mark Twain ~ Lewis Carroll ~ Salvador Dali ~ George Cruikshank ~ Emily Dickinson ~ Geoffrey Chaucer ~ H.G. Wells
![Die Benzwagen. Vom ersten Benzinautomobil bis zum Welt-Rekordwagen
[Mannheim, c. 1914]
(rough translation: “The Benz car. From the first gasoline automobile to the world-record breaker”
Gilt pictorial embossed calf, with factory and portrait plate, and sixty-two photographic plate depicting cars and plans, and two lithograph scenes at preliminaries, oblong 8vo, (light edge wear, starting, minor edge toning).
Via RM Auctions: “A very rare German language comprehensive history of Benz cars from the very first petrol-engined models to the world land speed record breaking ‘Blitzen’ aero-engined 1910-11 machine. 102 pages in embossed leather-bound covers profusely illustrated with photo-etchings and mechanical drawings. Page size 19 by 23cm, 7½ by 9in.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvg0d21wgO1qabm59o1_500.jpg)
Die Benzwagen. Vom ersten Benzinautomobil bis zum Welt-Rekordwagen
[Mannheim, c. 1914]
(rough translation: “The Benz car. From the first gasoline automobile to the world-record breaker”
Gilt pictorial embossed calf, with factory and portrait plate, and sixty-two photographic plate depicting cars and plans, and two lithograph scenes at preliminaries, oblong 8vo, (light edge wear, starting, minor edge toning).
Via RM Auctions: “A very rare German language comprehensive history of Benz cars from the very first petrol-engined models to the world land speed record breaking ‘Blitzen’ aero-engined 1910-11 machine. 102 pages in embossed leather-bound covers profusely illustrated with photo-etchings and mechanical drawings. Page size 19 by 23cm, 7½ by 9in.”
via
skinnerinc.com
1 year ago on December 06, 2011 at 11:40am
1774. Skeletons in the Closet
“This wonderful engraving is from a tiny little German book dated 1774. There’s a few other little secret engravings in here underneath its modest covers. If anyone can read old German text, let me know! ” via K. F. Welker on flickr
3 years ago on February 18, 2010 at 12:01am
