Rare books #shelfie to say happy weekend to you all!

Delightful bindings, some with extensive handwritten titles: it is an invigorating experience to stand in front of shelves like these, every time again.

Pics of 16th-18th-century bindings from visits to York Minster library (1), Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel (2) and the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge (3).

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Damaged books can be quite pleasing, visually, or perhaps that is just me. Also, this particular damage reveals a tiny fragment of a medieval book hidden inside a 16th-century bookbinding. Binders of this era would recycle old fashioned manuscripts and used them as support material. (LocarnoBM MdS2Ca3). Zoom and more info: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-sydv. #books #BookBindings #medieval #ManuscriptFragment #history #manuscript