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Ferdinand I Font Friday

A fascinating article about calligraphy for the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, in the waning days of hand-lettered books, from Noor Al-Samarrai at Atlas Obscura. See a Dazzling, Exuberant Renaissance Calligraphy Guide A masterclass in script, illuminated with an array of curiosities.

Mysterious paper sculptures carved from books

Book sculpture

From thisiscentralstation.com:  Those of you who don’t keep up with Edinburgh’s literary world through Twitter may have missed the recent spate of mysterious paper sculptures appearing around the city. [Nicola’s note: This post is from 2011 but the story is still wonderful.] One day in March, staff at the Scottish Poetry Library came across a […]

Secret Fore-Edge Paintings Revealed in Early 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa

Fore-edge illustration

From thisiscolossal.com: Autumn by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa A few days ago Colleen Theisen, who helps with outreach and instruction at the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa, shared an amazing gif she made that demonstrates something called fore-edge painting on the […]

Penguin Books has released new covers of five of George Orwell’s works

Cover of George Orwell's "Animal Farm"

My personal opinion about the cover of Nineteen Eighty-Four: Beautiful conceptual design with its “redacted” look, but the type isn’t visible except when held in your hand, so the effect is completely lost on a bookstore shelf or online. By Mark Sinclair from CreativeReview: Brand new covers for five of George Orwell’s works feature in […]

A miniature book collector and his little library

Child looking at miniature books in glass case

By Claire Kelley from Melville House: A visitor to the Headley-Whitney Museum examines a display of Neale Albert’s complete works of Shakespeare as part of a Miniature Book Society exhibit. Neale Albert, a 75-year-old man who has 4,000 miniature books, was profiled—along with his tiny collection—in the New York Times on Monday. His titles include […]

A Teenage Charlotte Bronte’s Tiny Little Romance

Charlotte Bronte's miniature book, "Something About Arthur"

From Slate.com. Charlotte Brontë and her siblings started writing early and created many works of fiction, including this tiny book: Before they wrote world-famous novels, the four Brontë children—in descending order of age: Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne—constructed elaborate fantasy worlds. The family was reclusive, and the children were educated at home; they spent most […]

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