A book about monstrous creatures, an herbal with hundreds of illustrations of medicinal plants and animals, two codices by Leonardo da Vinci that got lost for 150 years: the Frankfurt Book Fair granted me the privilege to get a preview of new amazing facsimiles. Read and choose your favorite!
How challenging is it to produce a papyrus facsimile? In this interview, CM Editores tell us all about how they managed to replicate a two-millennia-old treasure that merges ancient Egyptian figurative art and afterlife beliefs: the Papyrus Ani.
Once upon a time only dukes, popes, and princesses could hold a priceless artifact like the Sibylline Prophecies in their hands. Today, facsimiles allow you to leaf through them — well, at least virtually! So what are you waiting for?
Twelve sketchbooks by Leonardo da Vinci, an augmented reality app, a fairy tale book illustrated by Picasso, and an apocryphal Don Quixote: this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair has so many amazing facsimiles to offer that I can’t choose my favorite!
Once upon a time only dukes, popes, and princesses could hold a priceless artifact like the Legende de Saint Voult de Lucques in their hands. Today, facsimiles allow you to leaf through them — well, at least virtually! So what are you waiting for?
Once upon a time only dukes, popes, and princesses could hold a priceless artifact like the Apocalypse with Pictures by Albrecht Dürer in their hands. Today, facsimiles allow you to leaf through them — well, at least virtually! So what are you waiting for?