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This book Came into the Library today: Hubbub Filth, Noise & Stench, 1600-1770 / Emily Cockanye http://www.amazon.com/Hubbub-Filth-Stench-...03718408&sr=1-1 Here are some of thechapter titles: Ugly, Itchy, Mouldy, Nosiy Grotty, Busy, Dirty & Gloomy (sound like urban 7 dwarves names ) Learn how the GAoP realy smell and sounded like!

The was an exhibit & demonstration at the International California Antiquarian Book Faire this last weekend from the International Printing Museum (located in Carson, CA) http://www.printmuseum.org/ I asked about period presses and the man demonstrating siad that they wooden be like the one he was using (haven't found a picture of it on the website yet) would be appropiate. He said there was no real change in the printing press fron Guetenberg's time till the Indutrial Revolution around 1800. You could contact them for more information.

I was working at the 41st California International Antiquarian Book Faire this weekend for one of the rare book dealers, Joseph J. Felcone. One of his regular clients came by the booth ( a collector of Hawaiian materials) to consult with Joe about a purchased he made from a French dealer. He couldn't find any thing on Hawaii so the purchased an 18th century book on rigging and seamanship titled A Guide to Rigging and Practical Seamanship (sorry can't remember who the author was). This book was first published c. 1750 in Leeds England and the first American edition c. 1797 (the edition the client bought). What the clki8ent wanted to confirm with Joe was whether or not the edition and binding were American. Joe immediately confirmed that the edition was indeed American but the binding was not. It was French. Apparently the leaves were bought in Philadelphia brought to France and bound there. The thing is the binder didn't know English (I have told that bookbinders of all nations are often illiterate even in their own language) and printed the title as follows on the spine: Gude te Riging & Pratal Seamanship This has remained unnoticed till Joe spotted it! If the French dealer that the client had spotted he could have sold it for twice the amount for the binding error! It was too funny not to share

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You might get this on an ILL (Inter-Lrary Loan) Notes on the seventeenth century printing press of the English College at Saint Omers Library. Quarterly review of bibliography.London 24 cm. 3rd ser., v. 10 (1919) p. 223-242

Sorry for the belated greetings but I hope you had a very Natal Day Jacky. All the best as always.

Yeah it stinks! Elizabeth I decreed that there could be no woad production within 5 miles from whereever she was. OTOH it does make a beautiful shade of blue.

You know I think you're making a lot of speculations about a person and a situation you know very little of. Toxology reports have not come back yet. This man made it very well known he wasn't sleeping well and was taking perscription medicnie. He said so during interviews. He was not trying to hide a problem. It is also known he was not in the best of health due to working long hours in freezing conditions while filmimg and possibly had walking pneumonia. Not everyone in the Entertainment Industry is into exsessive behaviour. There are many hard working actors even young and sucessful ones. Heath Ledger never struck me as the party animal type. Quiet the opposite. Nor did strike me as someone who was irresopnible or would abandone those he loved. That's one of the reasons he death is shock to me. No I didn't know him but I do observe people and watch how they behave. He was not a reckless person.

Again both woad and indigo are grown in the herb garden here. Woad dying is one of the nastiest jobs in the world. In fact it ended up as one of the Worst Jobs in History Tudor with Tony Robinson (Baldrick in the Blackadder series). Here's what he said about woad dying: Welcome to the world of woad – an invasive weed that, with a few simple pieces of equipment, fermented urine and wheat bran, can transform your world. Why not try your hand at woad processing and dyeing and discover a blue tone last used as body paint by the Picts in Roman Britain? We are reliably informed that a poor sense of smell, or no sense of smell at all, would be a definite advantage in this job, unless you are one of those who find the aroma of cabbage mixed with excrement and cat wee particularly appealing. A desire to live outside the city walls, whence you and all your fellow workers will be banished, would also be a plus. This stuff stinks, but where there's muck, there's brass.

I know madder was used for colonial redcaots because they harvest the madder root at the Herb Garden here and it is used to dye coats for the reenactors at Colonial Williamsburg (or at least some of them). Maybe a different mondrant was used in the colonies. I'll ask Judy who does stuff for Colonial Williamsburg next time I see her. BTW madder was used during the GAoP so it's not that OT.

We have here at the Huntington. I'll get it on my break.

Yeah. Meditation XVII is my favorite of Donne's Meditations. Ever since you put the quote up it has been going over and over again in my head. So I had to post it in whole

Which is the point of John Donne's Meditation 17. Although actors were not celebrities in his day it still rings as true as the chuurch bell mentioned. Here is Meditation 17 in its entirty. http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/m...editation17.php

John Donne Meditation 17 which goes on to say "because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee"

Not so much the illustration but in the text yes. I only had a cursory look at it since , I had to hand it over to the Acquisitions Librarian, my supervisor for processing. The Appedicies in the back seem also useful for our period. Also the social context witch clothings is discussed is useful. You might want to wait a bit and get a used copy. That's what I usually do. University Press books are nortoriously pricey.

An advance copy of this book arrived in the Library today. Material from our collection was used by the author John Styles (interesting that a book on fashion is wrtitten by a man named Styles) There a lot of fabric samples an illustration from the period. Quite a few illustrations of sailors. Fabric swatches etc. http://www.amazon.com/Dress-People-Everyda...01545858&sr=1-1

Try Burnley & Towbridge Co. http://www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/index....CATS&Category=6

Yes a terrible waste Bess. He had such psosiblities. Here's what's on the CNN website. http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/...dead/index.html

I got one similar to that for my birthday last year except it's red.

Golden Globes! Depp wins best actor Comdey/Musical! Sweeny Todd wins best Musical/Comedy . Even though watching the 'press conference' was as exciting as watching paint dry, I was pleased to see Depp and Todd get the recognition they deserve.

I know this is slightly OT but I thought it would be of interest the most to the people who frequent this forum. The 41st California International Antiqurian Book Faire will be held Feb. 15-17 at the Century City Plaza Hotel. Literally hundreds of antiquarian bookdealers from around the world will be there. Many carry maritime history books. Admission is free and while many of us can't afford the books they are fun to look at. There exhibitions and lectures too. I will be working at the Joseph J. Felcone booth. stop by and say hello if you're there. More information can be found here: http://www.sfbookfair.com/ I was wrong admission is not free but very cheap. My apologies

Putting on the dog Hawkins? Would that be your pup tent then? Our Barber-surgeon has a wedge tent with tongue and groove easy to assemble bed. She says it's quite comfy.

Sorry for the mistake. I realized it when I got home last night and looked it up. My bad. But the book (New Encyclopdeia of Southern Culture v.7 Foodways) does mention the Carolinas as a specific regional cusine in the south. Going from when it was one colony then when it spilt into two. My bad again the bit about food in the Carolinas is in Food in Colonial & Federal America pg 174-176 geez I'm batting 0 today!

The above titled book Just came into the library. There are some nice photos of cooking utensils and containers (going back to RHJ's inquiry) There are chapter on foodstuffs, eating habits , food preperation and concepts of diet & nutrition. Each chapter is broken down into sections, sometimes regional sometimes by nationality influence or foodstuff. It covers a period between 1567-1825. It is a wide range of time but they do indicate which foodstuff etc is in use during which period. Also just in The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture v.7 Foodways. Lots of intersting historically facts relating food and food customs. It may give an idea what Blackbeard would have eaten when he lived in Bath, S.C.

Here's another one http://www.raystownforge.com/ They even sell period crates!