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Nicolaus Goldmann's architectural theory, edited by Leonhard Christoph Sturm
Aesthetic
Rare books
A jewel box of a book ✨ This 19th century French sales sample book contains very thin metal ornaments, made of foil over card. These would have been used like fancy sequins, and adorned everything from cards to clothes! They’re sometimes called Dresdens after the town in Germany where many were made. I know I say this a lot, but this book really floored me 🤩 Part of col. 838 in the Winterthur Library 📚
One of these things is not like the other…
The bindings of the books pictured in plastic bags contain arsenic, while the un-bagged books do not.
Copper arsenic compounds were used as a green pigment in textiles and home furnishings during the 19th century. In 2019, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation embarked on a study of green cloth-covered book bindings from the 19th century and continues to lead the way on research regarding these compounds in library materials. Their current findings suggest that the publication date range for volumes containing arsenic is 1830 to 1880 and that such books are bound in green cloth or green leather. Most green book covers from this period do not contain arsenic. (While books containing arsenic are green, not all green books contain arsenic.) Our best current estimate based on the testing we have done is that less than .03% of the print titles in our collection contain arsenic. As we identify print titles that contain arsenic, we will take measures to provide other options to make the content available wherever possible.
Read more about how the University of Chicago Library is handling these rare green bindings.
- "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.
Small wine cellar in the mountain style
Small mountain style wine cellar photo