JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
There is a special beauty that comes with the imperfection and homemade qualities of an antiquarian bound-at-home book or pamphlet. I think that much of the time–in my experience–these bindings were made of whatever was available. Their irregularities can be charming, lovely even, the more imperfect but working/workable their attempts present an admiration for that amateur’s work so long ago. And so tonight I’m just going to quickly share one of these examples that just bobbed up–a homemade for a report from the Royal Geographical Society (1881) on Lake Tanganyika:
And the full frontal: