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The printer's mark of Richard Chiswel, 1639-1711. From Anglia sacra, MDCXCI. #SpecialCollections #RareBooks #PrintersMark
Happy #summersolstice! Celebrated worldwide under many names over millennia, #books like Astronomi Preclarissimi Liber de Natiuitatibus cataloged dates like the #solstice and #horoscopes into organized tables. And we love a fun #printersmark🐱🐭 Find it ➡️ https://t.co/Vn9M5pC7ef
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1553 edition of Alfonsine Tables, published in Paris (#HistSci Collections @OU_Libraries) #HistAstro #astronomy #RareBooks #BookHistory #PrintersMark
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Latin edition of Alfonsine Tables (1518-1521) held in #HistSci Collections @OU_Libraries #HistAstro #EarlyPrintedBooks #BookHistory #PrintersMarks
This 1550 #Aristotle has almost everything we could want to teach about book history: #printersmark, #wastepaper, #chainlines, #marginalia, #clasps, #provenance by way of a #librarystamp, #historiatedcapitals, a marvelous #binding, and there’s a nice watermark, too!
Printer's Device: A symbol, logo or trademark which represents the printer of a text. Used since the mid-15th century. Introduced to prevent forgeries and to add authority to a work. Also known as a Printer’s Mark. #PrintersMark #PrintersDevice #TermThursday
nosce te ipsum: know thyself.
An interesting classical maxim to pair with the Janus image of a double-faced man.
#printersmark used by Bechtold Rab, printing in Wittenberg ca. 1611-1613
The #mementomori gives this device a remarkably introspective character.
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Printer’s device of G.B. Landini, from the #titlepage of Galileo’s Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo. Published in 1632, it compares the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic system. #printersdevice #printersmark #galileo #17thcent… https://t.co/zT9QcRgYqi
Happy #AppreciateADragonDay! We don't think this #knight appreciated this #dragon 🐉, but we love this #PrintersMark in #LongRoom shelfmark P.k.10, printed in 1588 at the signe of the green Dragon in #London.
This #Pegasus #printersdevice belonged to Thomas Fritsch of Leipzig. Weidling, Christian, “Comitis Pal. Caesarea Emblematischer Lob- und Trauer-Redner...” 1706 (T 252.9 W417e). #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram #printersmark #thomasfritsch #18thcprintin… https://t.co/gGGy4SsK3e
It’s #caturday! This purrfect #printersdevice is from the #titlepage of L’Opere of Horace printed by Gio. Battista, Marchio Sessa, & fratelli in 1566. #rarebooks #specialcollections #printersmark #queensulibrary https://t.co/STzUdcHkuf
Appearing on the #colophon of this 1609 edition of the Faerie Queen, is the printer's device of Humphrey Lownes. This device, which was first used by H. Denham, has a visible crack through the block.
#printersdevice #printersmark #rarebooks #queensulibra… https://t.co/dvE6IleHuN
Take a look at this #printersmark found on the title page of our 1542 copy of Proverbia Salomonis. A single eye, o… https://t.co/XwbY8qIxyD
Epic battle between a lion and unicorn in 1600 in this #printersmark. #rarebooks #printersdevices #bookhistory
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