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Saturday, May 4, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
William Cowper (1666-1709)...Myotomia reformata... 1724
William Cowper (1666-1709) was an English surgeon and anatomist.
This is his most noted work, and is one of the most beautiful anatomical atlases
of its time. The first edition was published in 1694 and contained ten illustrative plates.
Cowper then spent the years until his death on expanding it for the second edition (1724)
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1700's,
early rare books,
Myotomia reformata,
William Cowper
Friday, April 26, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Ex Libris... Raul dal Molin Ferenzona...
Ex Libris Gianni Mantero (Successful reincarnation). 1946. Drypoint.
Monogram 1943
1934
1947
1943
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Ex libris...,
Raul dal Molin Ferenzonal
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Ian Hugo...Engravings... 1940's
Between ~ 1941
Ain't Necessarily So ~ 1945
Baba-Lu-Aye ~ 1942
Symphony ~ 1943
Labels:
engravings,
Ian Hugo,
prints
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Comte de Lautréamont (4 April 1846 – 24 November 1870)...Happy Birthday...
Chants de Maldoror illustration Hans Bellmer 1971
Pale hair in thick windings
Crackled in shadows horribly;
And behind, in rough, long hummings
There unreeled, according to species and size,
Labels:
birthdays,
Comte de Lautréamont,
Hans Bellmer,
Maldoror
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Hans Christian Andersen...Happy Birthday... Picture book...1869
Hans Christian Ørsted's Picture-Book was made in 1869 by Mathilde Ørsted and Hans Christian Andersen.
'' If a marble city with golden roofs had lain before him he would not have
been astonished, his imagination was prepared for anything ''
H C Andersen ~ Only a fiddler
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previous Hans Christian Andersen
Labels:
birthdays,
Hans Christian Andersen,
Paper Cuts
Monday, April 1, 2013
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