Are we supposed to fear bibliopaths? Or maybe we should give them an award? Who are they? They are victims of bibliophile passion, people touched by an irrepressible instinct to complete, improve, or repair a book. The intention is good -from their point of view- but the subsequent results may not be so. This new section (which will have a brother called graphopaths) starts headed by a fantastic book from 1555, owned by the Alcon-Cusí Museum from the Royal Academy of Pharmacy in Catalonia. It is Dioscórides Anazarbeo from Dr. Laguna. At first glance I thought it had lacquered binding, because of the unusal shine of the leather. The lacquered touch and luster were obtained by a lacque for an instance shellac, which was wrist varnished on the leather, The varnish covers the painting spots and the inner cardboard.similar as it was done with furniture.
