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Are you familiar with that breathtaking feeling when you take a book into your hands for the first time and just 👁️👄👁️?

That’s exactly the feeling I’ve experienced today once again!

Any time I’m able to work with the books that were printed back then, I become overwhelmed with complete comprehension of the passage of time. Being able to directly “communicate” with the past and its heritage in such way is always priceless. ❤️‍🔥

JB Lippincott 1872

POEMS by John Keats (London: George Bell, 1905) Art binding by A.&D. McGregor.

- "A serious fervent preacher" of 1662

William Dyer (1632-1696) pastor in London

Scarce Puritan survivor

Christ’s Famous Titles - The Second Part containing several significant names, titles, and similitudes, whereby our Lord Jesus Christ is described in the Holy Scriptures … : in seven sermons, preach’d in and about the city of London : persuant to the design of the first part formerly published - by William Dyer Late Minister of the Gospel London Printed for Nath. Crouch a the bell in the Poultry near Cheapside 1701 180 pages + 12 page publishers catalogue

contains (from t. p.) I. The great shepherd – II. The power of God – III. The wisdom of God – IV. The glory of his people – V. The light of the world – VI. The gift of god – VII. The hope of salvation.

William Dyer (1632-1696) was a godly pastor in London, who was expelled from his church in the ‘Great Ejection’ of 1662. He is described as a man of great piety, and a serious fervent preacher.

An older incomplete piece, kind of an attempt for a back cover of a book. I may revisit it in the future… I do like the colors and the intricacies here.

Among the books my wife and I inherited from E was this set of four instruction manuals. Titled "The Amateur Mechanic, vols. I-IV", they are among my favorite additions to my collection.

Y'all, these books have instructions on how to build the following:

A printing press

Induction coils

Greenhouses

Riveted boots

A wood harp

Taxidermied animals

Artificial marble

Model "flying machines"

A "Cartesian diver or bottle-imp"

A machine for stoning raisins

An orange-cutting machine for marmalade

An "magneto-electric machine" (????)

To say nothing of all the repair tips and advice it offers.

Based on their contents and the spines, I have to assume that these are the alternate universe versions of the three journals from Gravity Falls.