Hi everybody,
If you're into nicely decorated books , this one might be for you: Last month the National Library of the Netherlands (KB) donated 760 historical bookbindings from the period 1100-1875 (public domain) to Wikimedia Commons : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bookbindings_from_Koninklijke_Bibliotheek The bindings range from sober ones in leather and parchment to richly decorated in textile, silver or tortoise shell. They give a small insight into how historical binding techniques were used and how successive decorative styles developed over time. In the details one can recognize the requests of patrons, the craftsmanship of the binders and the preferences of collectors. The current donation is a small selection from the larger collection of some 12.000 bindings the KB takes care of: https://www.kb.nl/en/resources-research-guides/kb-collections/bookbindings-and-paper-history/bookbindings With kind regards Olaf Janssen Wikipedia & open data coordinator Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands [email protected] +31 (0)70 3140 388 @ookgezellig www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL [Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 | 2595 BE Den Haag Postbus 90407 | 2509 LK Den Haag | (070) 314 09 11 | www.kb.nl<http://www.kb.nl/> [http://www.kb.nl/sites/default/files/dots.jpg] English version<http://www.kb.nl/en/email> | Disclaimer<http://www.kb.nl/disclaimer>
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