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Happy National Book Lover’s Day!
In the comments below, tell me the first book you picked up that made you fall in love with reading. I was a Nancy Drew fanatic as a child. I think that series was what made me a life-long lover of books.
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Did you know some books contain hidden images? Fore-edge painting, or decorating the closed leaves of a book, first began in the 11th century; but it wasn’t until the 17th century that the practice of a “disappearing” fore-edged painting began. Artists painted the inside edges of a book’s pages so that the image would only be seen when the pages were fanned in a certain direction. Above are some lovely examples found in our library archives.
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[1-4] Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), “The Divine Comedy,” 1854. London: Chapman and Hall. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
[5] William Falconer (1732-1769), “The Poetical Works of William Falconer,” 1836. London: William Pickering. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
[6-7] John Milton (1608-1674), “Paradise Lost,” 1776. Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis printers to the University. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
[8] View of all three books closed, without the hidden illustrations visible. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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Today is National Book Lovers Day ❤️ So thought I’d share all the beautiful books I’ve purchased in various second hand book shops in Kent while on holiday! I think I better get reading!! (I clearly have a book buying problem )
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