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Vampire Hunter's Kit

Happy Halloween (a day late)!

This impressive work is the final miniature from our Pat Sweet series, and it's worth the wait!

This kit comes with everything a very small vampire hunter would ever desire for the slaying of equally tiny vampires!

It includes four books (all handstitched, with readable text) on the Uncanny, including Compte d'Erlette's Culte des Goules and a  journal, that ends in a crimson splash, and the warning to the next owner “DO NOT LET HIM LIVE”.

"Stained walnut box partially covered with draped brown kid leather with brass fixtures, filigree protective corners, clasp, and bat-shaped handles. Maker's label on interior of box: Jos. Nightengale & Sons, Supernatural and Metaphysical Supplies, Mordwyth, Yorkshire." --Catalog

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

^Stay safe from mini Vampires, little kitten!

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The dragon gallery / [designed, printed and bound by Pat Sweet]

Another book with a fun textured cover! This book includes images of famous dragons from around the world.

"A collection of dragon portraits from all of history and all around the world. The book is bound in lizard-printed green paper, with a spine of brownish-black real lizard skin and a small line of gold metallic paper between them. There are fifty dragons in all, ranging from 5th century BC to Maxfield Parrish, all trying their best to escape from their frames."--Bo Press website.

You can learn more about Pat Sweet, and see more of her work on her website: https://www.bopressminiaturebooks.com/

^October is a good month to curl up with a dragon book!

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[Chained alchemical library] created by Pat Sweet

During the Middle Ages in Europe, books in some libraries were attached to the shelves with metal chains- long enough that they can be taken down and read at the shelf, but are still protected from theft.

Here are some examples of full sized chained libraries that still exist.

Here we have a beautiful miniature version that includes everything, the books, chains, lectern and shelf. However, it is hard to say how much protection this tiny set would provide from theft, as the entire item, shelf and all can easily fit in one hand!

"Six blank books ranging in size from 31-55 mm. chained to a wood model lectern."--Catalog

You can learn more about Pat Sweet, and see more of her work on her website: https://www.bopressminiaturebooks.com/

^These book are protected from your thieving ways, bunny! And from anyone smaller then you!

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Crown of Aves, by Pat Sweet

We continue the series featuring works by book binder/designer/writer Pat Sweet at Bo Press.

They say 'birds of a feather flock together', and this must apply to blue blooded ones as well. This little book collects bird 'nobility', with images of birds with little crowns, and humorous titles such as 'Emperor of Pheasantdum' or 'Count of Humming'.

Todays post features 3 versions of Pat Sweet's miniature book "Crowns of Aves" in different sizes. Special Collections has a larger miniature (63x59 mm), miniature (26x25 mm) and micro-miniature (11x11 mm), all shown above. Interestingly, the three versions have the birds in slightly different orders, as you can see by this page spread.

"Designed, printed, and bound by Pat Sweet for the Bo Press" [signed] Pat Sweet. Printed in Jenson and Kunstler Script on Monarch Superfine paper.'--Catalog

You can learn more on her website: https://www.bopressminiaturebooks.com/

--Diane R., Special Collections Graduate Student

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[The Book Book] by Pat Sweet

To kick off this new school year, #MiniatureMonday will be doing a series focusing on the work of the book binder/designer/writer Pat Sweet in our collection. Her minis are a wonderful treasure trove that range from educational, to silly, to spooky and gothic, and we will explore them all, ending with the spooky ones just in time for Halloween!

Today's book is a wonderful resource to learn all the parts of a book.

As she explains: "This is a little book designed to explain little books, or rather, little case-bound books. Case-binding constructs the body of the book separately from the boards, and combines them at the end of the binding process. It's a quick and reasonably sturdy way of bookbinding, and almost all commercial hardbound books are produced like this. Every part of this book's binding is labeled, and I've left the back cover unglued to show the inner workings of the spine and hinges. The pages of the book itself contain publication data, each page labeled as itself, all the way from half-title to colophon. I've included everything I could think of that a book might possess... The book also has examples of things attached to books: a bookplate, an interior pocket containing a miniature Bo Press bookmark with a tiny tassel, a binder's ticket, a slipcase, and a vellum belly band."--Bo Press catalog.

You can learn more, or check out her catalog on her website: https://www.bopressminiaturebooks.com/

--Diane R., Special Collections Graduate Student