G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 999
October 18, 2013
ca. 1860-90’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a stout man and small...
ca. 1860-90’s, [cabinet card, portrait of a stout man and small elephant, who balances precariously atop a stand and appears to be putting some treat in his mouth using his trunk], Nicholls
via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34
October 17, 2013
Thairine Garcia in “Dream Farm” Photographed By Fabio Bartelt...
Thairine Garcia in “Dream Farm” Photographed By Fabio Bartelt & Styled By Susana Barbosa For Elle Brazil, May 2011
The biggest book in the world
Standing 1.75 meters tall (almost...
The biggest book in the world
Standing 1.75 meters tall (almost 6 ft), this is the biggest book you’ll ever read - and the biggest ever produced. It takes six people to carry; flipping the page is like an exercise at the gym. A gift from the Amsterdam professor Johannes Klencke, the so-called Klencke Atlas was made in 1660 for the English King Charles II. The large maps were meant to be cut out and pasted on the wall, which never happened. It is a beautiful book - but definitely unsuitable for taking to the beach this summer.
Pic: Klencke Atlas, kept in the British Library. More about this giant in this newspaper article and this short BBC movie. A British Library online exhibit about Atlases is found here.
Фирс Сергеевич Журавлёв (1836-1901) Боярышня
Firs Sergeevich...
Фирс Сергеевич Журавлёв (1836-1901) Боярышня
Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev. Boyaryshnya. (Young unmarried girl of the feudal noble class.)
