Capn_Enigma Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 Avast there! Just collected a re- bound book from our local bookbinder. It is the "Buccaneers of America" by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin that was first published in 1678. I had the book rebound in goatskin and decorated it with the year of publishing on the cover (1678 translates to MDCLXXVIII in Latin numerals) and a french lilies on the spine (as Exquemelin was a frenchman). What a transition! From an ordinary, dull paperback like this: to a work of art: "The floggings will continue until morale improves!"
King's Pyrate Posted October 15, 2004 Posted October 15, 2004 It is a Beautiful piece of work, sir. You must be proud. KP
blackjohn Posted October 16, 2004 Posted October 16, 2004 That's wonderful. If I may, how much did it cost, and how easy/difficult was it to find someone with the skills to do it? Blackjohn My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together.
Capn_Enigma Posted October 16, 2004 Author Posted October 16, 2004 You must be proud Ahoy King's Pyrate, I am only the proud owner. The one who really was (and should be) proud of this excellent work was the bookbinder. If I may, how much did it cost, and how easy/difficult was it to find someone with the skills to do it? Ahoy Blackjohn, I spent 50 Pieces of Eight (Euros ) on the binding, because the leather binding is about twice as expensive as a normal binding. I was pointed to the bookbinder by our local Landesbibliothek (State Library). They have lots of very old tomes there. One that I studied was dated 1512, and I have to confess that my hands trembled when I turned the pages over. So I figured that if anybody knew where to have books bound, it had to be them and, indeed, they were able to help me. The bookbinder was a very nice and competent older gentleman and he and I had a great discussion as to how to bind it, what material and embellishments to use, etc. I am particularly fond of the smoothness of the goatskin. It is as smooth as silk and feels great. I am already thinking of also having my edition of "A General History Of The Robberies & Murders Of The Most Notorious Pirates" rebound. Have to to plunder a few galleons first, though. Hopefully, this book will last for a long time to come. Hope this helps, "The floggings will continue until morale improves!"
Bloody_Mary_Bonney Posted October 17, 2004 Posted October 17, 2004 books are so beautiful.... enjoy that But why is the rum gone? Save a horse ride a cowboy! Take me away and take me farther, suround me now and hold me like holy My toes are getting pruney Also my head is round that window is square.... My name is Micheal J Kabous and i eat babies! Your toast has been burned and no amount of scraping will remove the black stuff
Red Maria Posted October 19, 2004 Posted October 19, 2004 Capt Enigma Do you have a photo of the spine? I've taken some bookbinding classes and since I work in a library wirth litterally hundreds of thousands pre-1700 titles Im interested. Thanks
Capn_Enigma Posted October 27, 2004 Author Posted October 27, 2004 Ahoy Maria! Here be the pic of the book's spine. Ye can clearly see the gilt French fleur- de- lis in the second field from the left. "The floggings will continue until morale improves!"
queenrogue Posted October 27, 2004 Posted October 27, 2004 lovely work "Time Flies When Your Having RUM!!!!" "But everyone talks with a British accent when they drink." Stow Away on the Juryrig
Red Maria Posted October 27, 2004 Posted October 27, 2004 Thanks Capt. You an tell a lot about how a book was bound from the spine. This past week I've been transfering rare books from the old stacks to the new research center. Books from 1501 to 1700. Beautiful old bindings.
Matty Bottles Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 Three or four years before I joined this forum I had the good fortune to visit the Huntington Gardens over spring break while they had the "Reading for Fun and Profit" exhibit where I got to see, among other things, an original Gutenburg (sic) bible. Needless to say, when I returned to Good 'Ol Marquette University here in the midwest, my professors and I, dorks that we are, went out for a drink at the union and talked about our favorite old books. I love old books, and if being a dork means I'm passionate about esoteric things, I am proud to be a dork. "The time was when ships passing one another at sea backed their topsails and had a 'gam,' and on parting fired guns; but those good old days have gone. People have hardly time nowadays to speak even on the broad ocean, where news is news, and as for a salute of guns, they cannot afford the powder. There are no poetry-enshrined freighters on the sea now; it is a prosy life when we have no time to bid one another good morning." - Capt. Joshua Slocum
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