This final rare book entry for our Inspiring Illustrations thread has inspired generations of artists, merchants, craftsmen and businessmen. We have chosen the 11 volumes of plates which accompany Denis Diderot & Jean…
I came across this unidentified item while working my way through some French incunabula. It is a heavily illustrated, French Book of Hours which is wanting everything before leaf e1 and everything after leaf q8: i.e.…
While preparing material for an upcoming session of the Honours course “Print Culture in Britain, 1750-1900”, taught by Aileen Fyfe, our Rare Books Librarian, Elizabeth Henderson, pulled out a copy of this beautifully…