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Love, The Book: The Ladies’ Oracle of Destiny

5th February 2017

‘Shall I soon be courted?’ is the first question in this little book and it’s aimed squarely at women as the gilt illustration on the front cover shows. That’s the purported author, Cornelius Agrippa, divining the future with symbols and…
Love, The Books: Ovid’s Art Of Love

4th February 2017

Do you know your “Ars Amatoria?’ Written by Ovid 2000 years ago, ‘The Art of Love’ still contains much sensible advice today, although frankly the bit I looked at was a stiff read. Anyway, it’s apparently very important to remember your wife’s…
A Recipe for Collectors; or The Gentle Art of Cookery

3rd February 2017

Trends and fads come and go in the world of book-collecting, just as anywhere else. Authors, subjects and eras rise and fall in price like stocks and shares, but one subject remains legendarily popular – cookery. This beautiful book is…
Love, The Books: The Art of Kissing

2nd February 2017

Is this a serious study of how artists have depicted the kiss over the centuries? No, it’s a saucy ‘how-to’ about snogging, from long before the internet explained it all with a few billion diverting tutorials. Book collecting embraces all…
A Cocktail For Collectors; or The Right Mix.

1st February 2017

February! Time to get stuck in again…I started the first version of ‘A New Look At Old Books’ in January 2009 with this very tome. Eight years on I fancy another round so here it is again, still cool ‘n’…