@MarshsLibrary

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Good luck to everyone starting their leaving cert today! A little bit of addition to warm the brain, from 'Records Arithmetick', a manual to teach simple & practical maths.
Part of a printed page from a 17th century book in English

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Have a lovely bank holiday weekend! Whatever you're up to, may you be as entertained as these swans and fish!
Woodcut showing a man playing a cello on an Island, watched by swans & fish. From A history of the Northern People by Olaus Magnus, 1555

ALT Woodcut showing a man playing a cello on an Island, watched by swans & fish. From A history of the Northern People by Olaus Magnus, 1555

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It's very lovely to see all the irises in bloom around Dublin 8 at the moment. These lovely hand-coloured ones are from a mid-16th century herbal.
Page from a 16th century herbal showing woodcuts of a gladiolus and two irises. The names of the flowers are printed above the illustrations in several European languages

ALT Page from a 16th century herbal showing woodcuts of a gladiolus and two irises. The names of the flowers are printed above the illustrations in several European languages

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A happy looking dog at court! From the engraved title page of Hugo de Groot's Introduction to Dutch jurisprudence, printed in 1636.
Detail of an engraving showing a dog with a pencil for scale

ALT Detail of an engraving showing a dog with a pencil for scale

Engraved title page of Inleydinghe tot de Hollandsche rechts-gheleerdheydt (Haarlem, 1636)

ALT Engraved title page of Inleydinghe tot de Hollandsche rechts-gheleerdheydt (Haarlem, 1636)

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An impressive bouquet of flowers from Paul Contant's 'Le Bouquet Printanier', printed in 1600 in La Rochelle.
Engraving of bouquet of flowers

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Somebody went to real efforts to erase what was written on the title page of this work on Roman obelisks from 1589. They scribbled out the inscription and pasted a slip of paper over it. Must've been scandalous!
Title page of De gli obelischi di Roma, by Michele Mercati (Rome, 1589)

ALT Title page of De gli obelischi di Roma, by Michele Mercati (Rome, 1589)

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The binder used a fragment of printed music to line the spine of the letters of Aldo Manuzio the younger, from 1592. Music was tricky to print & the page may have had an error, or perhaps it didn't sell. Whatever the reason, it ended up in the waste pile #Fragments #Bindings
Photo showing of the inside cover, spine lining and flyleaf of Lettere volgari di Aldo Manucci (Roma, 1592), the letters of Aldus Manutius teh younger.

ALT Photo showing of the inside cover, spine lining and flyleaf of Lettere volgari di Aldo Manucci (Roma, 1592), the letters of Aldus Manutius teh younger.

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A tiny map of Venice from the title page of a pamphlet printed in 1606.
Detail of a title page from 1606 showing map of Venice with a pencil for scale

ALT Detail of a title page from 1606 showing map of Venice with a pencil for scale

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A later owner tried to wash out a scribble on the title page of this Byzantine novel, but still the ownership inscription remains. A good thing too, as it tells us the book belonged to poet & playwright Ben Jonson.
Title page of the novel 'De Ismeniae et Ismenes amoribus', Lyon, 1617

ALT Title page of the novel 'De Ismeniae et Ismenes amoribus', Lyon, 1617

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A very relatable look of 'can I just get five minutes peace with my book'. From Le Rommant de la Rose, a hugely popular Medieval poem, printed in Paris, 500 years ago.
Woodcut showing a woman reading from Le rommant de la rose (Paris, 1526)

ALT Woodcut showing a woman reading from Le rommant de la rose (Paris, 1526)

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