Library History Gallery

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tirairgid:1690s book with filigree silver binding - National Library of SwedenThis binding is an exq
magictransistor:Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb mounted on a horse and ready for battle, 1660-70.
Handmade history brings the past to life in a way that nomechanical method can match. For more than
thegetty:Rome’s ancient side wasn’t looking so hot in the mid-1500s. As these prints and etchings fr
This past weekend, I attended the New York Artists Book Fair held by Printed Matter Inc. at MoMA PS1
historyarchaeologyartefacts:1690 book with filigree silver binding, housed in the National Library o
Woman eating sushi, baby wants some too, dated 1844.from the Tokyo Metropolitan Library
livin my best (non)provincial life ;) 
history-of-fashion:ab. 1760-1761 French School - Portrait of a Man in a Library
Vincent, Levinus. Wondertooneel der nature, 1706.Typ 732.06.870 Houghton Library, Harvard University
A New universal history of arts and sciences, shewing their origin, progress, theory, use and practi
Imperato, Ferrante, 1550-1625. Dell’ historia naturale, 1599.Typ 525.99.461Houghton Library, H
Turkish soldier, 1828, courtesy of the New York Public Library.(Submitted by Humanoid History)
One of my favorite books in my personal library is The Timetables of History by Bernard Grun. It goe
The baptism of Christ.  Miniature from the Benedictional of St. Aethelwold, written by the monk Gode
shredsandpatches:skeleton-richard:ooldtunes:One of the world’s most famous medieval music manuscript
The Chained Library,Before the printing press was introduced to Europe, books were rare and expensiv
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives often receive fascinating research questions from both st
widenerlibrary:Women Behind Widener: Eleanor Elkins Widener Rice, philanthropist and fearless explor
Jean de Saintré jousts with the Spanish knight Enguerrant.   Miniature from an illuminated manuscrip
openmarginalis:“The Physician’s Handbook: English medical and astrological compendium”, ca. 1454 via
I can has a spindle? ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 34r
I has mowse Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340.British Library, Add 42130, fol. 190r
In a Quandary, or Mississippi Raftsmen at Cards, George Caleb Bingham, 1851
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