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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 5449339, member: 111037&quot;][USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] I could never afford a whole incunabula, so I sometimes entertained the thought of getting a single page or a leaf from a manuscript. I resisted till now, but after seeing your excellent examples, I might just give in! That lovely woodblock of Freiburg brings fond memories as I visited that magnificent cathedral a few years back. And I think I mentioned it before, but I also collect Japanese prints, and I am an Utagawa Kuniyoshi fan-boy (especially the Samurai battle triptychs).</p><p><br /></p><p>This thread is turning into a book lover&#039;s one, so let me post a couple more pics from some books in my collection that I have handy:</p><p><br /></p><p>From an early 1700&#039;s massive bible with almost a hundred full-page illustrations:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237210[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237211[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From an old history book about England again from the early 1700s, very richly illustrated:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237212[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237213[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From the &#039;new&#039; edition of the book of martyrs (again from the 1700s, many illustrations of torture in this one):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237214[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237215[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From a topographical book about Leeds form the same period:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237216[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237217[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that&#039;s enough for the time being... [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER] , apologies, I think we kinda hijacked your thread![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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