I came across this unidentified item while working my way through some French incunabula. It is a heavily illustrated, French Book of Hours which is… Read More »Have you seen this Book of Hours? We need your help!
This week’s binding gem is the Rare Book Collection’s only recorded early (pre-1900) Swedish imprint: Archbishop Laurentius Petri’s Then Swenska Kyrkeordningen, printed in Stockholm by… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 25: the earliest Swedish book in our collection, bound in Sweden c. 1577
Theodor de Bry’s wonderfully illustrated Grand Voyages Being an American living abroad, one of the holidays from home that I miss the most is Thanksgiving.… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving, or, When worlds collide …
A 16th century German book bound in 19th century British Paisley cloth This one is a bit of a mystery. As I was re-shelving some… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 22
Three 16th century portrait bindings This week’s post highlights the bindings of three 16th century books, two printed in Basel and the other printed in… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 17
Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson’s copy of the 1571 edition of Matthew Paris’s Flores historiarum Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860-1948) was a fixture of St Andrews… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 16
16th century half-binding, with pen- and ink-drawing of Saint Veronica This week’s volume is a testament to how durable some of our historic bindings are.… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 14
Fragment of a 14th century Gospel manuscript found in 16th century German binding As I was searching through the stacks at our new storage facility… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 13
Another early St Andrews binding, with manuscript fragments from St Andrews Cathedral Priory St Andrews’ copy of Franz Lambert’s “Exegeseos Francisci Lamberti Avenionensis, in sanctam… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 8
Two of the earliest St Andrews bindings: The St. Leonard’s Chained Bible and a 1501 copy of Jacques Lefèvre d’Etaples’ commentary on Aristotle This week’s… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 6
16th century French Fanfare binding This week’s fantastic binding, like Week 2, comes from the Bible collection, only this item is much bigger! St Andrews’… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 5
