An open antique book photographed from one end. The marbled edge of the book is held by an endband of alternating blue and white.
Three photographs of a 15th century book. Top lett, the closed book showing a brown leather spine and marbled paper. Top right, an open page with blue painted U. Bottom, the book edge, with "Ruralia" inked on the edge.
Four coloured book spines titled "Siberia in Asia" and "Siberia in Europe". Spines left to right are brown, orange, tan, blue.
A closely cropped image of three stacked books. The lower two have marbled edges of blue, yellow, pink, and white.
The things I couldn't walk past this week, including a trip over the road to the V&A. #bookbinding #Incunabula #Endbands #marbling #VictoriaAndAlbertMuseum #RareBooks #shelfie