More Interesting Books From The Past
For the past two weeks or so, I've been showing you old books, some dating back to medieval times. Today I'd like to show you more interesting books I saw at the Teleki Library at the beginning of the month, which is the beauty of the museums situated in Targu Mures.
Learning about the past means visiting and seeing what has been built and issued in the past, like this museum. If you've missed my previous posts about it, you can check them here:
This is a book about Confucius' work, published in 1687 in Paris and you can see the decoration on the right page. I mentioned previously that initials were very decorated in those times and this is a good example.
Another thing that you need to notice is the style of text, which is a mix of normal, italic and God knows what as it looks very confusing.
Another famous philosopher's work, published in Basel in 1549. This is a pocket size book, so I suppose someone must have carried this book and read it at the park or in a club maybe, a gentleman's club.
I always loved books with illustrations. Back in those years most of the books had illustrations.
Everyone knows Francis Bacon, but looking at a book issues in 1659 gives you some opportunities to enjoy the details. The illustration is beautiful and please look at the date at the bottom. Look at the Arab numbers, how are those written. The 1, 5 and the 9 is placed lower than the 6.
Look at how tiny this book is and keep in mind that it was under glass, so it was even smaller than it looks.
Compared to what books look like today, these were real masterpieces in my humble opinion.
I was wondering how much a copy like this would cost today, not that these are for sale.
There's a market and I bet there are collectors who would pay a lot for original copies like these.
This is where things get interesting. Old Gothic letters look like drawing anyway and if there's an illustration on the next page, the whole book looks more interesting.
Drawing of the Schönbrunn castle in Vienna.
We call them maps ans blueprints today, but back in the day these were hand drawn. This is the map of location of tsarist and royal residence in Vienna, dating back to 1790.
History of the Austrian House, issued in 1809, in Paris.
I've said before that I love illustrations and this book is quite illustrated. It's too colorful for my taste but it's the era, so it is ok. However, with all due respect, Maria Theresia looks awful. However did the illustration could have been a better job.
Imagine how valuable the information written in these books must have been back then. There was no internet, newspapers were only for the rich, although I have no idea when the first newspaper was issued in Europe.
Leopold II (German: Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; Italian: Pietro Leopoldo Giuseppe Antonio Gioacchino Pio Gottardo; English: Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792), was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa, thus the brother of Marie Antoinette. source
This is Leopold II's diary, from MDCCXCL. Do you know what year is that? 😀
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Books full of valuable information by great philosopher ~ Ah can't get any more better than this.
I'm kinda like interested a lot in history and such antique things for more knowledge.
Best thing is "illustration part" back in those days they had a brilliant talents which shows their passion of writing knowledgeable things and making it looks Good with illustration part tells they had done it with heart & soul.
I couldn't agree more. These books are real work of art. Not only the information shared on the pages are valuable, but the design as well.
Indeed. Now it's digital era where it's kind of hard to find such people with brilliant talent.
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Woh! These are real treasures. I only known some of the authors and people mentioned here in literature class and seeing their actual works are awe-inspiring.
Maybe that was a typo error coz I am really puzzled too. 🤣🤣
Indeed it is a real privilege to see these works published.
There's no typo there 😁 that is how dates were written back in those days.
Why did they let beautiful illustrations in books die out 😭😭 and it's really cool to see really old books. Would have loved to see a journal or a starting manuscript mixed in one of those
Times are changing, tastes are changing and with the evolution we have today, hard copies are going to disappear shortly. There's more to come, so stay tuned 😉
I always asked myself, what if there's a chance that I can go back 5000 years ago? should I grab it? hehe. Definitely, Yes, but I'm invisible of course🤣. Thanks, ms @erikah for bringing up those old books. It's truly amazing!
5000 years back? No way 😁 That is too far, but I would go back for a week or two to different centuries, closer to our days, with the mindset I have today 😎
😁😁 bakit kasi 5000 years yung nasabe ko po.🤣 sabay nalng din po ako sa inyo ate @erikah.😆 baka dinosaur na din maabutan ko dun😆
I really like history, about the way of life of ancient people.
I have read many historical reference books before but when I saw this book I was very impressed with the way of writing in this print, perhaps there are many illustrations of life stories stored in this book.
Sometimes to examine the life and geographic location of early human life is written in ancient books and maybe this is one of them, the stories in it cannot be made by someone today because this book may not be a quote but the original result of the research of ancient great people.
Very interesting friend, as a history lover I want to visit that place.
It definitely worth visiting as you can learn a lot and see things you had no idea exist. You don't find such collection on every corner, that makes it unique and valuable.
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Wow, thank you so much for sharing this books online. Honestly, I want to own those books. It's such a pleasure to own some history books and they are really relevant during their time. Even today, it is still relevant because it gives as the knowledge about what really happen in the old times.
No chance to own these books as the value of these is $$$$$ a lot 😄 I suppose there might be one or two for sale, but the price may be sky high.
What a great ancient book am sure there are many interesting,vital and chronic information in it hoping to have to help the citizen about the information in iy
That's true. There was no TV or radio back the, there were newspapers, and gossip, so a book like these was valuable.
Wow. Those are gold memoirs. It's rare to have a chance to see them.
Indeed, but it is open to everyone, so whoever is in that area, can visit.
Wow so much interesting information in your post
Thank you.
It is a very interesting collection of books, thank you very much for sharing. I never expected to be able to see them and even in photographs it is a luxury.
It was indeed a privilege to see these treasures and I'm glad I got the chance.
This is amazing to see! And I whole-heartedly agree that the books of the 16th-18th Centuries were gorgeous. But I'm more amazed at how small they were! The wonders of the printing press.
Indeed the wonder of printing press. They had a lot of pocket books, I suppose people took them to their journey.
I must say this is a masterpiece.
If you do love books with illustrations I believe manga is also good, just addictive and I’m a victim 😂😂
Any ways, do you recommend any old book for me to read?