stuff with books (more stuff with books at: eightvo.wordpress.com)Tumblr (3.0; @biblioguerilla)http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d01fae191ead5aefd8cae5851ccf0680/tumblr_mmuksuc4tv1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Albert Einstein’s handprint, among a collection of about 1500 other actors, politicians, and luminaries kept by Germany’s renowned palm reader Marianne Raschig.</p> <p>Coming up for auction at Sotheby’s 5-6 June.</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/50501707403http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/50501707403Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:58 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c45c621e4623d2ad0f1e656c62811efd/tumblr_mmsqt14Frf1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>15th Century Nuremberg Happy Hour Invite Woodcut</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/50426233070http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/50426233070Tue, 14 May 2013 17:22:13 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc70c7d2beda5a015bf0e7c953613d9f/tumblr_mluyl4v0bo1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f81ebb80caa348331bd248cd41d1c0e6/tumblr_mluyl4v0bo1qb54noo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bca85b4179b77236a74896596c1e1246/tumblr_mluyl4v0bo1qb54noo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/77031-container.html" target="_blank">A photo album documenting the work of the Offenbach Archival Depot repatriating books looted by Nazis at the Yad Vashem Photo Archive</a>.</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48921357308http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48921357308Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:31:52 +0100archiveswwiicultural heritagephoto albumbooksrepatriation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b6def3ee903d05abf3427c5f33ff8eae/tumblr_mlrq06Ytl31qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/maiafire?section_id=13188155" target="_blank">Amazing Twin Peaks Tarot from maiafire on Etsy.</a></p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48780949158http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48780949158Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:33:42 +0100tarotartprintfooltwin peaks<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a60cf03973bf3158227a7678dae901c0/tumblr_mlrexoYdvA1qb54noo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/preservation/training/pests/intro.htm" target="_blank">Oxford has a great technical guide to book damage from pests.</a></p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48769954380http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48769954380Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:34:36 +0100damagebooksbook-worms<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6689712225eb2181363770345220c3a0/tumblr_mlo0y8VYcl1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Music for dancing the tarantula’s deadly venom out of yr system.</p> <p>Michael Bernhard Valentini’s <em>Museum Museorum </em>(Frankfurt, 1714), via the <a href="http://archive.org/details/mobot31753000820560" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a>.</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48619620643http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48619620643Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:39:44 +0100booksmusiccuriositiesspiderstarantella<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21b0a6571c22a41fab7f15a2ab5a64f0/tumblr_mlo0vz3ymi1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Unicorn Versus Narwhal</p> <p>Michael Bernhard Valentini’s <em>Museum Museorum </em>(Frankfurt, 1714), via the <a href="http://archive.org/details/mobot31753000820560" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a>.</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48619548630http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48619548630Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:38:23 +0100unicornnarwhalbookscuriosities<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc18bb98ec8129c689fd9ab95222ad95/tumblr_mlnvw4mXet1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Procession of Monstrous Figures <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/90068508" target="_blank">at the Met</a>. Wendel Dietterlin the Younger (c. 1614-69)</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48614033429http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48614033429Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:50:28 +0100booksengravingsmonstrosities<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/319df1d9711805da805b6246b178b99e/tumblr_mlnvrf1mzc1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/71b4280d0d114b3f61b3f1519c3f0833/tumblr_mlnvrf1mzc1qb54noo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Candidate for top useless Google book: <a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=je5PAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Joseph Furttenbach’s <em>Meschanische Reissladen </em>(Augsburg, 1644)</a> about the use, storage, and care of drafting instruments, all of the illustrations of which are on folding plates that remain folded. Below you can just look at what you’re missing! (Yes there are some books you read primarily for the pictures.)</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48613901073http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48613901073Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:47:39 +0100booksgoogle booksfolding plate nightmare<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ca8392b4b5d838bad5aad1249a54cce4/tumblr_mlnu0wocAA1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Design idea for storing your curiosities.</p> <h3>Paul Contant’s Cabinet, from <em>Les oeuvres de Jacques et Paul Contant père et fils…</em>, (Poitiers, Julian Thoreau & la vefve d’Antoine Mesnier, 1628)</h3>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48612196692http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48612196692Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:10:08 +0100bookswunderkammerncuriositiescabinetfurniture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f6bddffc746f429776d9f6b3c78dd660/tumblr_mlcvdklEuv1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ostrich!</p> <p>Conrad Gesner’s <em>Historiae animalium Liber 3. qui est de auium natura. </em>Zurich, Cristoph. Froschouerum, 1555.</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48125891096http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48125891096Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:05:44 +0100birdsgesnerostrichbooks<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/68b825aba3c39b9f295f00dd2489d874/tumblr_mlcrr44AKv1r21n7bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Got a new tattoo thanks to </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://michelelabbate.tumblr.com/post/48122057980/at-the-family-business-tattoo-shop">michelelabbate</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>at The Family Business Tattoo Shop</p> </blockquote>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48125288306http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/48125288306Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:54:20 +0100tattoospteromemento mori<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i5YVpT9Zroo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mephiskypheles.tumblr.com/post/47608362434">mephiskypheles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Satan’s Biography</em> | <strong>The Librarians</strong></p> </blockquote>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/47691655331http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/47691655331Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:01:03 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f0c2efba6ace06ccc56982debda0a515/tumblr_mkq7oythON1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Calculating machine (c. 1860) for Multiplication and Division, based off Napier’s Bones (c. 1614), coming up for auction at <a href="http://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/" target="new">Dominic Winter 10 April.</a></p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/47098992163http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/47098992163Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:26:58 +0100caculation machinemathematicsmathleteshistorynapier<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c3fc920ef06ec40e6f6db30123284c3d/tumblr_mkq6qm8AFP1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From Herman Hugo’s emblem book, <em>Pieux désirs imités des latin, </em>available on Google Books.</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/47098378966http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/47098378966Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:06:22 +0100skeletonsdeathemblem books<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5114657c4c0aa065da1a5864cac98416/tumblr_mk2wdrOX0L1rnk5m0o3_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/405089b2996ad3aa29cdf120409dc5b1/tumblr_mk2wdrOX0L1rnk5m0o1_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a13564c74770d8188a6f519a376828b9/tumblr_mk2wdrOX0L1rnk5m0o2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://secondstatepress.tumblr.com/post/46011254240/vintage-printmaking-girl-scout-badges">secondstatepress</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Vintage Printmaking Girl Scout Badges</p> </blockquote>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/46075072381http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/46075072381Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:10:55 +0000badgesscoutsbooksprinting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4efcccae42687f246c2cac9246754e0c/tumblr_mjnh6krO6q1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Christoph Semler’s Star Atlas, <em>Coelum Stellatum in Quo Asterismi</em> (1731).</p> <p><a href="http://www.lindahall.org/services/digital/ebooks/semler/thumbs.shtml">At the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology.</a></p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/45340115342http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/45340115342Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:25:32 +0000booksstar atlasastronomy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4e41e3076dd170b521bbb8780af08600/tumblr_mig8un03qF1r5bhg1o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9472b9d3676fb3ba0a1cc3254ee5c4d9/tumblr_mig8un03qF1r5bhg1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6c4f24a32f99101431312b8afc64c50c/tumblr_mig8un03qF1r5bhg1o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ef5524a3bb35bad3c57e76e2f3d3c0c6/tumblr_mig8un03qF1r5bhg1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c60ab06a73e95baf460c94115f89506f/tumblr_mig8un03qF1r5bhg1o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eb2ead743aa99bef2da101b8e9b7836e/tumblr_mig8un03qF1r5bhg1o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jacobmaddison.tumblr.com/post/43461695681/another-lovely-little-book">jacobmaddison</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Another lovely little book.</p> </blockquote> <p>Please let me know how I can get one…</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/45197486546http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/45197486546Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:16:00 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9a258d89e12955b1925d579ce13703b1/tumblr_miz9nhnAIr1qb54noo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c25d9676fb51b0369b92ed9af474e0ab/tumblr_miz9nhnAIr1qb54noo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7fe03e7cac311495855071d1b49d8037/tumblr_miz9nhnAIr1qb54noo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/485aa8b03d4c88bb93b47f8fc87bdc0e/tumblr_miz9nhnAIr1qb54noo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>FIRE-BRANDED Books. Pictured here, marks of the Augustinian and Dominican orders.</p> <p>From the amazing <a href="http://www.marcasdefuego.buap.mx:8180/xmLibris/projects/firebrand/index.jsp">Catálogo Colectiva de Marcas de Fuego.</a></p> <blockquote> <p><em><span id="result_box"><span class="hps">“Practicing</span> <span class="hps">fire brand</span> <span class="hps">stands</span> <span class="hps">during the</span> <span class="hps">colonial</span> <span class="hps">period</span> <span class="hps">in Mexico</span>, <span class="hps">primarily</span>. <span class="hps">Evidence indicates</span> <span class="hps">that its use</span> <span class="hps">began</span> <span class="hps">in the second half</span> <span class="hps">of the sixteenth century</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">lasted until</span> <span class="hps">the first decades</span> <span class="hps">of the nineteenth century</span>. <span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps">practice</span> <span class="hps">was welcomed</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">monastic</span> <span class="hps">libraries</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">religious institutions</span> <span class="hps">dependent</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">the clergy.</span> <span class="hps">Isolation</span> <span class="hps">is no record of</span> <span class="hps">some</span> <span class="hps">private</span> <span class="hps">libraries</span> <span class="hps">that hold</span> <span class="hps">their own</span> <span class="hps">brand</span><span>.”</span></span></em></p> </blockquote>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/44287205011http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/44287205011Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:40:00 +0000booksbindingsprovenancefirebrand<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://antiquarianbookselling.tumblr.com/post/44220490621/when-people-say-the-book-is-dead">antiquarianbookselling</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/a2a1a98c685cdd03796f667e8b0acad9/tumblr_inline_mixsmdFp1n1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> </blockquote> <p>cough</p>http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/44282874635http://biblioguerilla.tumblr.com/post/44282874635Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:40:44 +0000