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Edgar Fernhout, Interieur, 1951

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3D reconstruction of the Roman Library in Trajan time (reign 98-117)

The Bibliotheca Ulpia ("Ulpian Library") was a Roman library founded by the Emperor Trajan in AD 114 in the Forum of Trajan, located in ancient Rome. It was considered one of the most prominent and famous libraries of antiquity and became a major library in the Western World upon the destruction of the Library of Alexandria in the 3rd century. It is the only Roman library known to have survived until the Fall of Rome in the mid-fifth century. Text from Wikipedia.org

Info add by me: The library was named Ulpia because the emperor's name was Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, and he came from the Ulpii. The XXX Legion was also named Ulpia. Trajan was the last Roman emperor to conquer territories and the one who went the furthest. The Senate gave him the title Optimus, which means "The Best", and indeed he is among the greatest emperors in the entire history of Rome. In Romania, Trajan is considered the founder of the Romanian nation, Romanian language has a marked Latin root.

Pliny the Younger, who at the age of 16 saw the infamous eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, belonged to the close circle of the emperor Trajan. In Trajan's time, Pliny the Younger was already a renowned writer.

(I have no info about the author of these 3D reconstructions)

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Woman reading in bookstore. Fliegende Blätter / Band CXIV / Bild 188 [Flying Leaves, Volume CXIV, Picture 188]. Illustration by René Reinicke (German, 1860-1926).

Reinicke first studied art in Weimar and later in Düsseldorf and Munich. Reinicke worked as graphic designer and illustrator for several well-known Art Nouveau magazines.

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Vita Sackville-West reading at Sissinghurst Castle, date unknown.

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The love of a good bookshop (Waterstones, Sheffield).

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Albena, Bulgaria

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It’s back to the books 📚 (and journals and electronic databases) for us and we couldn’t be happier!

This image presents a potential solution to the challenge of shelving books, circa 1894 - a revolving circular book case. Learn more about vintage library furniture in our trade literature collection:https://s.si.edu/2RqRYyM

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Persephone Books

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All the Pretty Animals

I did photo transfers (with wintergreen oil) of vintage animals from either calendars, rare books, or vintage postcards and made an accordion style book.  I painted the wooden book covers and then used a rubber stamp as a final touch.  

https://judyfolkenberg.com/

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The Starfield Library, Starfield COEX Mall, Seoul, South Korea.

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Lishin Elementary School Library / TALI DESIGN

Photos © Hey! Cheese

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The Curse of Intellect. Frank Challice Constable. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First edition. 

“Written alternately by human narrator and intelligent monkey with estranged point of view. Intrigues and murders plus long essay on loss of happiness because of reason. Monkey commits suicide.”

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Coming in September from Melville House, The Diary of a Bookseller, by Shaun Bythell. Just our sort of thing. (That’s Captain, the store cat, in the easy chair.)

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