Typophile

Digital Old books: Share your old books links here!

ferfolio

Hi everybody!
I know you have some links, Share them! :)

1. This page is from the University of Strasbourg they have a lot of digitalized old books, with awesome resolution!

http://num-scd-ulp.u-strasbg.fr:8080/view/century/

2. Rarebook room, they have a original bodoni specimen!

http://www.rarebookroom.org/indexA.html

3. This are all of Penmanship, very interesting PDF's!!!

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=...

4. This link has some old borders and initials

http://www.fromoldbooks.org/

5. This link has the best PDF's of calligraphy and penmanship ready to download

http://www.iampeth.com/books.php

This are a great source of inspiration for me,
Hope they'll be for you too!
Best regards,

Fernando

Stephen Rapp

Thanks for sharing.

ferfolio

Found a new one:

6. Octavo
http://www.octavo.com/index.html

Come on! I know you have some links!!!

:)

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SebastianK

Wow. These links are ****ing amazing! Thanks for ruining my night, I was gonna to bed early.

ferfolio

:)

Glad I could help!

Beau W

archive.org has hundreds of great texts on (or showcasing) typography.
The trick is to track it all down.

Some starting points:
http://www.archive.org/details/typographyadver00trezgoog
http://www.archive.org/details/ThePracticeOfTypography (I'm reading this now-very good)
Type specimens:
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924014559730
http://www.archive.org/details/convenientbookof00allirich
http://www.archive.org/details/cataloguebookofs00clevrich
http://www.archive.org/details/specimensandpri00incgoog
http://www.archive.org/details/printingtypespec00millrich
http://www.archive.org/details/pacificcoastblue00amerrich
http://www.archive.org/details/alphabeticalinde00daviuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/typographicspec00cogoog
http://www.archive.org/details/specimensofprint00amerrich
http://www.archive.org/details/fifteenthbookofs00cincrich
http://www.archive.org/details/specimensoflinot00trowrich

And if that isn't enough:
http://www.archive.org/details/floralfantasyino00cranrich
Some lovely art deco illustration with hand lettering

I've been searching through this archive for years and still find new treasures every time I visit.

ferfolio

Nice! ;)

akos.polgardi

Thanks for the great resources. Although featuring mainly illustrations, this blog regularly publishes impressive material.

Riccardo Sartori

http://typophile.com/node/84663

Nick Curtis

I am rather fond of the page I have from a missal, printed in Venice in 1525. And two leaves from “The Canterbury Tales” from about the same time. And a couple of leaves from “De Boecken genaemt Apocryphe,” Dordeccht, 1618-1619.

Of course, my autographs of four of the five original Rolling Stones (Brian Jones didn't sign) is pretty cool, too…

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