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Velvet, Leather

I bet this book smells exquisite…

The “Heaviest” Archive Item (Vatican Secret Archives)

(via how-novelistic)

missfolly:

Drawing on envelope, 1868

missfolly:

Drawing on envelope, 1868

Par Nous, Pour Nous
Maison Cauchie, Brussels

Par Nous, Pour Nous

Maison Cauchie, Brussels

Spiral staircase in the Iowa state capital library

Spiral staircase in the Iowa state capital library

JJ Grandville - ’Les Fleurs Animées’, 1847

JJ Grandville - Les Fleurs Animées, 1847

yama-bato:

Flora’s lexicon: an interpretation of the language and sentiment of flowers: with an outline of botany, and a poetical introduction
Author:  Waterman, Catharine H. (Catharine Harbeson), b. 1812
Date:  1857
Place/Time:  United States
Publisher:  Boston, Massachusetts: Phillips, Sampson, and Company

yama-bato:

Flora’s lexicon: an interpretation of the language and sentiment of flowers: with an outline of botany, and a poetical introduction

Author:  Waterman, Catharine H. (Catharine Harbeson), b. 1812

Date:  1857

Place/Time:  United States

Publisher:  Boston, Massachusetts: Phillips, Sampson, and Company

Looking up at the clock, I see it is almost time to slip into a secluded alcove to meet you. My heart beats faster..
bibliofila:

Casanatense Library, Rome, Italy
Source: Amoroma

Looking up at the clock, I see it is almost time to slip into a secluded alcove to meet you. My heart beats faster..

bibliofila:

Casanatense Library, Rome, Italy

Source: Amoroma

There is another floor upstairs, but it mostly serves as storage space for books that didn’t fit the main library. We should be safe there.

There is another floor upstairs, but it mostly serves as storage space for books that didn’t fit the main library. We should be safe there.

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