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:
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