Fancy schmancy binding of the day: Oeuvres de Jean Racine, 1832 #rarebooks

I'm not saying Trump is a Russian asset, just that I can't think of anything he'd be doing differently if he were.

"We will view all things”: the story of the first children’s picture-book (1658) scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/we-… via Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives

"We'll send our plans straight to the enemy, then we'll do exactly as they say. It's the last thing they'll expect us to do."

Bought a new bird bath for the garden and every time I look out there's a pool party going on.

Decorated paper bindings in the Cardiff Rare Books Collection scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/dec…

Big stretch🦆

"he is da pope noooow"

Most. Metal. Bookplate. Ever.

The barber-surgeon's apprentice: history and provenance in a 17th century medical text scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/the…

It's a #marbledmonday with some 19th century peacock-style endpapers on my desk today.

The magic of manicules: more pointing fingers from the margins of Cardiff's rare books scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/the… via Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives

The arms of Fred Hope, World Pac-Man Champion 1862

Ironic, don't you think?

A forest of books: tree calf bindings in Cardiff's collections scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/a-f… via Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives

The Venetian ambassador to Paris was doing this in 1594! scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/rar…

The 3D Fish Pond Mosaic, which has won numerous art awards, is located in London

It's not looking good for Mrs Kangaroo😬

A Very Victorian Christmas with 'The Illustrated London News' scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/a-v… via Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives