Francis C. Fuerst
October 25, 2011 Comments Off
Giovanni Battista de’Cavalieri’s Monsters
September 28, 2011 § 1 Comment
Opera nel a quale vie molti Mostri de tute le parti del mondo antichi et modern (Monsters from all parts of the ancient and modern world), Giovanni Battista de’Cavalieri, 1585.
Spirit Photography
August 28, 2011 Comments Off
These photographs of ‘spirits’ are taken from an album of photographs unearthed in a Lancashire second-hand and antiquarian bookshop by one of the curators of the National Media Museum in the UK. They were taken by a controversial medium called William Hope (1863-1933), ca. 1920.
Source: Flickr Commons
Congo Dandies
August 8, 2011 Comments Off
Le Sapeurs of the Congo belong the Societé des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes – “one of the world’s most exclusive clubs. Members have their own code of honour, codes of professional conduct and strict notions of morality. It is a world within a world within a city.”
Photos by Daniele Tamigni from his book “Gentlemen of Bacongo“.
Via Jonathan Crisman
Animals on Boats
March 30, 2011 Comments Off
Dog on board HMS 'Laforey', 1915-16
Seaman on 'Pommern' enticing the ship's cat up on of the shrouds, date unknown
Second mate, the Master, the First Mate and the ship's dog, on board the 'Grace Harwar', 1929
Poodle on board an unknown yacht, date unkown
Princess Victoria with Mac on board the 'Victoria and Albert III', 1909
Wallaby on board HMS 'Renown', 1920's
A quarterdeck scene on board HMS 'Trafalgar' at Malta, 1897
'Garth Castle' mascot Jacko at Boat Drill, about 1914
The mascot of HMS 'Renown', about 1941
The ship's cats, HMS 'Hawkins', 1919-21
Trotsky the bear being transferred to HMS 'Ajax' from the 'Emperor of India', 1921
Goat mascot of HMS 'Irresistible', date unknown
Scot at his bath attended by his faithful servant 'Lamps', date unknown
Black cat and spaniel, HMS 'Barham', about 1916
Mr P.M Anderson and Russ on the 'Scotia', about 1902
The Structure of Matter (1982)
March 12, 2011 § 1 Comment
Recent flea market find:
Kleine Enzyklopädie Struktur der Materie
Weißmantel/Lenk/Forker/Linke (Eds.)
VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1982.
Deadline for submission was exactly thirty years ago in March 1981.
A Euro well spent.
