Don't tell Penn and Batten. They'll be mad.

Ich habe mal eine kleine Sammlung pietistischer Bezeichnungen für Jesus Christus angefangen. Besonders schön finde ich "Blutbräutigam" und "himmlische Gluckhenne".

Exkursion nach Buxtehude und Raumfahrt

A detail from an image of a book shop from Johann Amos Comenius: "Orbis sensualium pictus", pinted in 1658 in Nuremberg. You see a room full of boxes and backwardsbooks and a (tiny) bookseller reading behind a desk waiting for customers.

Let's enjoy a look into book shops of the past. This is a 🧵 especially for #skystorians of #earlymodern Europe, and for #bookhistory, #booksky and #paperhistory nerds 🗃️

Expect, among other bookish stuff, lots of #backwardsbooks, and boxes with paper sheets, and a few sleeping dogs.

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