52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 17
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
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52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 16
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
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 15
John Duns Scotus’s Quaestiones in quatuor libros Sententiarum, printed by and bound for Anton Koberger Although small, St Andrews’ incunabula collection has a wealth of… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 15
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 14
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
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 13
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
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 12
Francis Hutcheson presentation copies of Foulis Press works In 1746, the moral philosopher Francis Hutcheson was given an honorary LL.D. by the University of St… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 12
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 11
Two early 17th century Edinburgh bindings, possibly the work of Andro Hart and his Heirs Andro Hart (d. 1621) is best known for being the… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 11
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 10
Rare 17th century deerskin binding Of all the different types of leathers used to bind books after the medieval period, deerskin is one of the… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 10
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 9
An unrecorded James Scott of Edinburgh binding A recently catalogued volume of three of Robert Colvill’s (d. 1788) poems stood out from the tedium of… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 9
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 8
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
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 7
18th century fine Scottish binding with beautiful Dutch gilt papers I have recently been working through some late 18th century Edinburgh imprints, mostly bound in… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 7
Highlight: Esther Inglis’s Octonaires, a masterpiece in miniature
The new Highlight section has been created to feature our lesser-mentioned treasures and our most important recent acquisitions. Each post will be written by members… Read More »Highlight: Esther Inglis’s Octonaires, a masterpiece in miniature