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Focusing on the years 1971, 1976, 1991 and 2020, volume two of Comicscene's History of Comics features the unique insights of comic journalists, fans and creators.

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# captainbritain

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2022-05-22

I love this painting by Shiba Kōkan, 'A Meeting of Japan, China and the West' (late 18th- early 19thC), even more so for the fact the the figure on the right - perhaps German doctor Lorenz Heister - is holding a copy of Vesalius, 'Humani Corporis Fabrica' (1543)

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2022-04-26

For you die-hards interested in come join , Djoeke van Netten and myself, with the wonderful as chair, on Saturday morning for our panel!

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2022-04-01

An anonymous still life from the seventeenth century. There is a lot going on, a parakeet, a seashell, fruits etc.

And there is paper: a lot of paper. Let's have a look in a short thread for and
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2022-02-02

Different book clasps, different versions of fore-edge book storing, a lot of blank pages, a writing and reading space with quill and inkwell (but no paper sheets) ...
There is a lot to comment on in this printed image of mid seventeenth century. A thread. 1/x https://t.co/aahv2S1AbU

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2021-09-24

From to title page of A. van Leeuwenhoek, Send-brieven (Epistles, to the High-honored Gentlemen of the Royal Society in 1718 turned into a plaque in 1740, coll. . https://t.co/67WsUkuQ3y

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2021-09-20

Coffee and newspaper! Put coffee in your ink, Lucky Luke “Le Daily Star”.

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2021-08-21

At the wall: a few prints. Printed images produced using usually a carved woodblock or an engraved copperplate. These popular prints of the time, available from peddlers and book sellers alike, were produced and sold around 1800 in Europe in their millions.

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0 13
2021-07-12

Hello Working on a new side-project.

Please flag any and all children's/YA books related to James Cook and his voyages (and those from other perspectives, like Tupaia's), contemporary or historical.

5 8
2021-06-08

Eyeglasses were part of the material history of reading in early modern Europe, as this painting from 1403 (Conrad von Soest) indicates. Some images reflect where to buy these glasses, like the one from Johannes Stradanus' 'Nova reperta" (c. 1590).

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2021-05-11

Drakalvania The Bielarq Larvae is available on in english & español, format: &
📖Book english: https://t.co/3aR524CFhV
📖Libro español: https://t.co/0fjDgXgsvu

0 0
2021-02-15

Meet me holding a sword impaling books. Greetings from St Boniface.

8 39
2020-12-30

How to make fun of the Leipzig book fair in 1800?

A thread for and that uses the satirical print "Der Jahrmarkt zu Plundersweilern". Come for the bookish stuff, stay for the pornographical bestsellers of late eighteenth-century Germany.

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2020-07-15

Many thanks to The Book Collector for this shoutout for our virtual gallery talk!

If you enjoy rare book history we highly recommend the podcasts!

in the - what are your recommendations? https://t.co/PRDiqqTRBz

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2020-07-01

Pro tip for historians of anything older than modern (especially for and

Next carnival season, dress as the fancy letter man aka newsletter boy that was seen walking the streets of Nuremberg around 1500.

https://t.co/EB3mZluTP8

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2020-05-02

Dear Hive Mind,

Could you help us find some information?

The author Edith Nesbit was inspired by the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs. Do you know of any sources giving details of her visits to the park?

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2020-02-20