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!
The Voynich manuscript – also known as New Haven, Beinecke Library, MS 408 – is one of the most remarkable and mysterious manuscripts that has come down to us.
Once upon a time only dukes, popes, and princesses could hold a priceless artifact like the Cartularies of Valpuesta 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 Life of Saint Adelelmus of Burgos 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 Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt in their hands. Today, facsimiles allow you to leaf through them — well, at least virtually! So what are you waiting for?
Every year we travel to the Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest of its kind in Europe. And every year, we meet and enjoy the news (and rumors) of the European publishing scene.