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
Le roman de Tristan et Iseut
Joseph Bédier, ed. Paris: L’Édition d’art, 1926.
Gorgeously bound version of the beloved Celtic Arthurian legend, here in Bédier’s French rendition — an attempt to reconstruct the ideal original version of this oft-retold romance. The text is attractively printed, each chapter opening with a large foliate capital.
Binding: 20th-century hand-painted vellum, front cover with sailing ship between decorative bands accomplished in a style reminiscent of the Bayeux Tapestry, spine with title and decorations, back cover with castle tower and distant ship motif. Publisher’s original tan paper wrappers with Celtic motifs bound in.
via
prbm.com
4 months ago on January 08, 2012 at 12:54pm
Avont-school voor vryers en vrysters (Night-School for male and female lovers). With lessons based on Ovid’s “De Arte Amandi”.
Jacob Westerbaen. Pieter Tongerloo, 1665.
Bound together with “New Night-Classes for Young People” (with lessons now based on Ovid’s “De Remedio Amoris”) and Westerbaen’s translation of Virgil’s “The Aeneid”. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with gilt fillet borders on sides, yellow mottled edges. With woodcut printer’s vignette on title. 77, (3 blank) pp.
Title Page:
1 year ago on January 07, 2011 at 04:06pm
