#titlepagetuesday

[curiouscatalog]

From: Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606. Iusti Lipsi De cruce libri tres. Antverpiae : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Viduam & Ioannam Moretum, 1595

HV8569 .L6 1595

#titlepage #antwerp #1590s #late16thcentury #titlepagetuesday #rarebooks #specialcollections #libraryofva

[librarycompany]

Today's Type Tuesday is brought to you by the letter 'B' because this one is Beautiful!

William Savage. Practical Hints on Decorative Printing. (London, 1822)

#fine art printing #colorprinting #printing history #titlepagetuesday #type tuesday #lettering #dragons #the letter B

[othmeralia]

Title Page Tuesday!

Happy Title Page Tuesday, Tumblr. Here's Museum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum (1678), an alchemical text.

#titlepagetuesday #Title Page #rare books #rare book illustration #rare book alert #digital collections #Othmeralia

[bigriverbindery]

Perhaps we should have #titlepagetuesday for this book. You got a lot for six pence in 1765. #historicbook #bookconservation #bookrepair #bookbinding #bookarts #atlantabookarts (at Big River Bindery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWVz6fKLjK4/?utm_medium=tumblr

#titlepagetuesday #historicbook #bookconservation #bookrepair #bookbinding #bookarts #atlantabookarts

[loynosca]

Oeuvres d’Ausone

Since we missed out on #marblemonday while enjoying the Memorial Day holiday, today we’re bringing you a double feature in the form of this first edition French translation of Oeuvres d’Ausone by Roman poet Decimius Magnus Ausonius! 

This beautiful leather bound volume features marbled endsheets, gold tooling, and a woodcut title page--a perfect mash-up for this #titlepagetuesday (& belated #marbledmonday!)  

PS: In doing a little research about Decimius Magnus Ausonius I discovered that while his works were quite popular among his contemporaries, his writing when compared to other Latin poets of the period is considered a bit derivative and lacking in originality (shots fired!) However, much information has been discovered about the history of early winemaking from his native region of Bordeaux, France, through an examination of his writing. Cheers to that! 

#marbledmonday #titlepagetuesday #insidethelibrary #librariesofig #librariesofinstagram #specialcollections #specialcollectionsandarchives #oeuvresdausone #ausonius

[bbrarebooks]

Don Quixote, the famed Ibarra edition from 1780. Four volumes with 32 engraved plates and a map, in contemporary Spanish morocco. (Yes, the same Ibarra edition from the opening scene of The Ninth Gate) 🔥 #titlepagetuesday #dreambook #donquixote #manoflamancha #cervantes #theninthgate #joaquinibarra (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.) https://www.instagram.com/bbrarebooks/p/Bu7Uh90gtRy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1snmuelzv16tn

#titlepagetuesday #dreambook #donquixote #manoflamancha #cervantes #theninthgate #joaquinibarra

[jaspersmithers]

I've finally got round to drawing a title page for my current pocket sketchbook. #titlepage #titlepagetuesday #titlepagewonders #sketched #sketchbook #blackandwhitedrawing #drawings #ink #pental #brushpen #woodland #woods #sketchesnotphotos #alvervalleycountrypark (at Alver valley country park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwKr1bmAYf7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nut2sd1ucz0j

#titlepage #titlepagetuesday #titlepagewonders #sketched #sketchbook #blackandwhitedrawing #drawings #ink #pental #brushpen #woodland #woods #sketchesnotphotos #alvervalleycountrypark

[muspeccoll]

For #TypographyTuesday, #TitlePageTuesday, and #TravelTuesday, here's the beautiful title page of an early 19th-century children's book with a hand-colored engraving. This work was based on the voyages of Cook, La Perouse, Stedman and others and includes numerous illustrations drawn from previously published exploration accounts.⠀ ⠀ Rare G560 .S48 1800 ⠀ ⠀

#librariesofinstagram #childrensbooks #traveltuesday #exploration #typographytuesday #libraries #voyage #titlepagetuesday #iglibraries #yalit #bibliophile #design #ship #frigate #ocean #rarebooks #arthistory #universityofmissouri #specialcollections #printmaking #kidlit #bookish #engraving #booklover #archives #trifectatuesday #art #columbiamo #mizzou #illustration

[kislak-center]

It's #titlepagetuesday, and boy have we got a cutie for you! This beautiful, colorful and whimsical drawing is heavily based on the title page of Edmund Gunter's collected works. *** A geometricall extraction for all affected to the mathematickes, England, 1648 LJS 321 http://ow.ly/TUvI30eXGL9 Facsimile: http://ow.ly/JXPJ30eXGQg Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection *** #kislakcenter #pennlibraries #librariesofinstagram #mathematics #coatofarms #penandink #architecture #geometry #drawing #insects #spiders #butterflies #moths #euclid #euclidean #titlepage @sims_mss

#mathematics #architecture #spiders #titlepage #euclid #butterflies #geometry #titlepagetuesday #penandink #drawing #kislakcenter #insects #librariesofinstagram #euclidean #moths #coatofarms #pennlibraries

[maryhelencochranlibrary]

#TitlePageTuesday

#title pages #books #reading #aeschylus #greek #greek drama

[curiouscatalog]

From: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832. Gothic furniture. London : R. Ackermann, 1827 or 1828

#titlepage #titlepageillustration #gothic #gothicstyle #gothicfurniture #gothicroom #ornate #augustuspugin #titlepagetuesday #rarebooks #specialcollections #libraryofva

[librarycompany]

Celebrating the season with Elizabeth Wirt's Flora's Dictionary for #titlepageTuesday today! Wirt's floriography originally published in 1829, was the first successful floral interpreter published in America, and helped popularize the blossoming genre.

Elizabeth Wirt. Flora's Dictionary. Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, Jr, 1837.

#flowers #language of flowers #titlepage #rarebooks #19thcentury #floral interpreters #floriography #specialcollections

[othmeralia]

Title Page Tuesday

It’s Title Page Tuesday and this beautiful title page is accompanied by a frontispiece. The two are found in Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, Solius, Verae (1609).

The title page and frontispiece of Khunrath Heinrich's (1560-1605) Amphitheatrum Sapientiae, purportedly one of the most significant books of theosophical alchemy and the occult sciences. Though the title page reads 1602, the book was not published until 1609. His friend, Erasmus Wohlfahrt, edited and published the manuscript following Heinrich's death in 1605 after adding a preface and conclusion.

The frontispiece at right depicts a bespeckled owl crossed in front by two torches and flanked by two candles. Beneath the owl is a German caption translating to: "What good can torches or light or spectacles do if the people don’t want to see." The owl is found extensively in alchemical texts, especially Heinrich's, symbolizing wisdom, prudence, study, or reflection. The owl could also be considered an evil omen, foretelling death.

The title page at the left is detailed and embellished with religious references. God is represented by a Tetragrammaton at the top of the page. From the clouds descends a hand, labeled "Omnia", or "all things," lowering a crown of greenery onto the portrait of the author. The title is framed by lush cornucopias and obelisks on either side. Below the title is a coastal landscape, from which the obelisks emerge.

Photo credit: Khunrath, Heinrich. Title Page and Frontispiece from Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, Solius, Verae [Amphitheatre of the Only True Eternal Wisdom]. Hanau, Germany: Wilhelm Antonius, 1609.

#digital collections #rare books #rare book illustration #rare book alert #alchemical manuscripts #alchemy #theosophy #title page #titlepagetuesday #library #Othmeralia

[contemplative-synapse]

The Biodiversity Heritage Library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

 via: histsciart

#TitlePageTuesday: From Nederlandsch Bloemwerk (Dutch Flower Arrangements) (1794). View more in @biodivlibrary with thanks to Harvard Botany Libraries for digitizing: http://ow.ly/jzs330hOcm7

[loynosca]

Our #titlepagetuesday is a (perhaps fittingly?) torn frontispiece of the “Anatomy of Melancholy”. First published in 1621, our 1850 copy includes this reproduction of the title page from the original 17th century editions. 

#titlepagetuesday #title page #fronticepiece #melancholy #medical history #old books #library #antiquarian books #special collections #loyno #loyola

[bbrarebooks]

Tender is the Night (1934) by F. Scott Fitzgerald for #tattooabletuesday ▪️▫️I’ve always loved this #illustration by Edward Shenton from the #titlepage (this post doubles for #titlepagetuesday!) #tenderisthenight #fscottfitzgerald #fitzgerald #rarebooks #firstedition #tattooideas #edwardshenton (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.) https://www.instagram.com/bbrarebooks/p/BuX5am_gp2v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qkfd7k2arlju

#tattooabletuesday #illustration #titlepage #titlepagetuesday #tenderisthenight #fscottfitzgerald #fitzgerald #rarebooks #firstedition #tattooideas #edwardshenton