Jun 28, 2021
#MiniatureMonday
The book hunter / Anonymous (Charlotte M. Smith, calligrapher/binder)
This is part of a series of items made by Charlotte Smith, the founder of the miniature book collection at Special Collections & Archives.
Today's item is a humorous warning about the possible dangers in book collecting. It seems to be a gift from one book collector (Smith) to another, so hopefully the story never applied to either of them!
Hand-lettered and illustrated calligraphy book. Title page has gilt initial letter and hand-colored illustration. Bound in dark blue marbled boards with blank paper label pasted on spine. Marbled end papers."--Catalog
Read more about Smith here.
^Be careful out there folks, books can be dangerous in more ways then one!
