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An unopened letter written in 1697 has been read by researchers without breaking the seal. The letter, dated 31 July 1697 and sent from French merchant Jacques Sennacques in Lille to his cousin Pierre Le Pers in The Hague. Via @GuardianBooks
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'So, what kind of cover design were you thinking of for your prayer book Liz?'
'Oh, i dunno, probably just something quite normal'
Elizabeth Illingworth #herbook - cover embroidered by her, 1613.
Contains a Bible and Book of Common Prayer.
Embroidered in silk on linen in petit point, depicting the sacrifice of Isaac and Jonah and the whale.
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Included in our selection for @CABookFair. The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift was a camping, hiking and handicraft group which married the principles of Baden-Powell's scouting movement with millenarian world-healing ambitions. Yep. https://loom.ly/o7-1G68
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A #TypeTuesday throwback to Chris, Son of God, one of my favourite printing errors I've ever seen, from our magnificent 1611 Bible https://www.blackwell.co.uk/rarebooks/book.php?id=68451 https://twitter.com/blackwellrare/status/1321411724826824705
I'm a simple woman; I see a printing error declaring CHRIS to be the son of Joseph and the Virgin Mary, I have a giggle.
(Nigh impossible to photograph, but in person one can make out the faint impression of a T that somehow missed inking)
