October 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The year is 1791 and this man got stamped big time for the #LibraryStampMadness series:
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This is, of course, another entry of the #LibraryStampMadness series.
August 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The year is 1791 and this man got stamped big time for the #LibraryStampMadness series:
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This is, of course, another entry of the #LibraryStampMadness series.
August 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
This is, of course, another entry of the #LibraryStampMadness series.
Hi, this is a slow-moving thread of library stamps being present in old books.
To celebrate the start of the #LibraryStampMadness series, let's enjoy this Bull's eye moment of a Vatican library stamp being stamped with full librarian joy into the empty space left over for a miniature. #skystorians
To celebrate the start of the #LibraryStampMadness series, let's enjoy this Bull's eye moment of a Vatican library stamp being stamped with full librarian joy into the empty space left over for a miniature. #skystorians
April 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Experts of #bookhistory and #libraryhistory might have spotted as well the prominent library stamp in the right corner: #LibraryStampMadness
April 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Experts of #bookhistory and #libraryhistory might have spotted as well the prominent library stamp in the right corner: #LibraryStampMadness
I am counting 4 modern library stamps on this printed page of a fifteenth-century book. Plus two library stamp shadows from the other side shimmering though. Well done, librarian of the past, well done.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I am counting 4 modern library stamps on this printed page of a fifteenth-century book. Plus two library stamp shadows from the other side shimmering though. Well done, librarian of the past, well done.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
That's three modern stamps on one manuscript page of 1455. No further questions.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
That's three modern stamps on one manuscript page of 1455. No further questions.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
"Just hide the stamp in the clouds", said a librarian once and smiled.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
![Broadside from 1628 with the title "Warhaffte Newe Zeitung/ von dem newen Comet[stern]/ [so in dem 1618. Jahr den ... De]cemb. erschienen/..." (VD17 12:666743C).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwym6cglvbd5odxfkykn2uh2/bafkreihqaq5nyfefrdmfwito54ey5mjz6rplnnagebf34tsdolkc6h465q)
December 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Just hide the stamp in the clouds", said a librarian once and smiled.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
It is like a new kind of #LibraryStampMadness is emerging: the big title page sticker …
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Hi, this is a slow-moving thread of library stamps being present in old books.
To celebrate the start of the #LibraryStampMadness series, let's enjoy this Bull's eye moment of a Vatican library stamp being stamped with full librarian joy into the empty space left over for a miniature. #skystorians
To celebrate the start of the #LibraryStampMadness series, let's enjoy this Bull's eye moment of a Vatican library stamp being stamped with full librarian joy into the empty space left over for a miniature. #skystorians
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It is like a new kind of #LibraryStampMadness is emerging: the big title page sticker …
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The stamp is, of course, an excellent argument for #LibraryStampMadness.
September 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The stamp is, of course, an excellent argument for #LibraryStampMadness.
And this is Albin in 1601 (on a #Schreibkalender for the year 1602, printed in Leipzig) wearing his thinking hat in full glory. Some may find joy in the fact that there is also a prominent library stamp next to his head, #LibraryStampMadness.
August 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
And this is Albin in 1601 (on a #Schreibkalender for the year 1602, printed in Leipzig) wearing his thinking hat in full glory. Some may find joy in the fact that there is also a prominent library stamp next to his head, #LibraryStampMadness.
Niche as niche can be: Do you know an expert for library stamps from the CCCP? And why did they stamp at the last page and not on the title pages like the Western libraries? #LibraryStampMadness
July 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Niche as niche can be: Do you know an expert for library stamps from the CCCP? And why did they stamp at the last page and not on the title pages like the Western libraries? #LibraryStampMadness
July 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"And today, we'll practice stamping without touching the main title", said a librarian of the #Rostock based 'Bibliothek der mecklenburgischen Ritter- und Landschaft' once.
"So, ornament and subtitle is fine?"
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
Another step forward in the #LibraryStampMadness series.
"So, ornament and subtitle is fine?"
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
Another step forward in the #LibraryStampMadness series.
April 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"And today, we'll practice stamping without touching the main title", said a librarian of the #Rostock based 'Bibliothek der mecklenburgischen Ritter- und Landschaft' once.
"So, ornament and subtitle is fine?"
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
Another step forward in the #LibraryStampMadness series.
"So, ornament and subtitle is fine?"
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
Another step forward in the #LibraryStampMadness series.
"Find a decent way to make stamp 1 disappear" said the master librarian in Paris to the apprentice. "Two stamps are enough" echoed in his head while he was trying to make the first stamp unseen ...
Well, welcome to the #LibraryStampMadness series of #bookhistory fame.
Well, welcome to the #LibraryStampMadness series of #bookhistory fame.
April 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Find a decent way to make stamp 1 disappear" said the master librarian in Paris to the apprentice. "Two stamps are enough" echoed in his head while he was trying to make the first stamp unseen ...
Well, welcome to the #LibraryStampMadness series of #bookhistory fame.
Well, welcome to the #LibraryStampMadness series of #bookhistory fame.
Initials of old manuscripts attracted library stamps for centuries, as friends of #LibraryStampMadness may have noticed so far.
Here, a Vatican librarian couldn't resist to fill the free space in the big P initial. Volltreffer. #bookhistory #librarysky
Here, a Vatican librarian couldn't resist to fill the free space in the big P initial. Volltreffer. #bookhistory #librarysky
April 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Initials of old manuscripts attracted library stamps for centuries, as friends of #LibraryStampMadness may have noticed so far.
Here, a Vatican librarian couldn't resist to fill the free space in the big P initial. Volltreffer. #bookhistory #librarysky
Here, a Vatican librarian couldn't resist to fill the free space in the big P initial. Volltreffer. #bookhistory #librarysky
"This time, I am gonna hide the library stamp somewhere in between the lines", maybe said a librarian in the Vatican once and tried not to touch the two big initials.
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues. #bookhistory
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues. #bookhistory
April 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"This time, I am gonna hide the library stamp somewhere in between the lines", maybe said a librarian in the Vatican once and tried not to touch the two big initials.
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues. #bookhistory
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues. #bookhistory
"I'll accept the challenge", said a smiling librarian in Munich once, and used the worst library stamp available to meet the bad woodblock print of #Mercury on this title page of 1631.
This is, of course, another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
This is, of course, another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
April 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"I'll accept the challenge", said a smiling librarian in Munich once, and used the worst library stamp available to meet the bad woodblock print of #Mercury on this title page of 1631.
This is, of course, another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
This is, of course, another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
"I am gonna hide this library stamp so good, no alchemist will ever see a difference" said a St. Gallen librarian of the Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana back then, and contributed to our series of #LibraryStampMadness. Thank you! Well done. #bookhistory
April 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"I am gonna hide this library stamp so good, no alchemist will ever see a difference" said a St. Gallen librarian of the Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana back then, and contributed to our series of #LibraryStampMadness. Thank you! Well done. #bookhistory
Today in the #LibraryStampMadness series: How to connect two paragraphs in a fifteenth-century manuscript in true style (and by using only a way too big library stamp)? Et voilà:
April 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today in the #LibraryStampMadness series: How to connect two paragraphs in a fifteenth-century manuscript in true style (and by using only a way too big library stamp)? Et voilà:
No stamp, no fun, it's #LibraryStampMadness.
Here, the archive stamp from the Stadtarchiv Altenburg, Germany, is prominently placed in the blank space of a writing calendar's page. In every #earlymodern #Schreibkalender, the blank space was a typical feature for individual remarks and comments.
Here, the archive stamp from the Stadtarchiv Altenburg, Germany, is prominently placed in the blank space of a writing calendar's page. In every #earlymodern #Schreibkalender, the blank space was a typical feature for individual remarks and comments.
April 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
No stamp, no fun, it's #LibraryStampMadness.
Here, the archive stamp from the Stadtarchiv Altenburg, Germany, is prominently placed in the blank space of a writing calendar's page. In every #earlymodern #Schreibkalender, the blank space was a typical feature for individual remarks and comments.
Here, the archive stamp from the Stadtarchiv Altenburg, Germany, is prominently placed in the blank space of a writing calendar's page. In every #earlymodern #Schreibkalender, the blank space was a typical feature for individual remarks and comments.
Here are two library stamps on this title page of a #Hebrew #incunable. The first is centered under the text (to make it look like being part of the text to Western eyes), and the second is hidden in the empty space left over for a miniature. #bookhistory
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues.
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues.
April 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here are two library stamps on this title page of a #Hebrew #incunable. The first is centered under the text (to make it look like being part of the text to Western eyes), and the second is hidden in the empty space left over for a miniature. #bookhistory
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues.
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues.
Master librarian: "Just make sure the stamp touches the putto a little bit".
"Yes, master librarian. No problem".
The result is another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
"Yes, master librarian. No problem".
The result is another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Master librarian: "Just make sure the stamp touches the putto a little bit".
"Yes, master librarian. No problem".
The result is another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
"Yes, master librarian. No problem".
The result is another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
Just a stamped sun in this etching, dear friends of #LibraryStampMadness. The librarian at the Bibliothèque Mazarine surely had fun stamping.
#bookhistory #skystorians
#bookhistory #skystorians
April 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Just a stamped sun in this etching, dear friends of #LibraryStampMadness. The librarian at the Bibliothèque Mazarine surely had fun stamping.
#bookhistory #skystorians
#bookhistory #skystorians
Friends of the #LibraryStampMadness series, isn't it beautiful when a centuries old #manuscript page meets a library stamp, and this very stamp *exactly* fits into the empty space left over for a forgotten miniature?
We may imagine the librarian smiling when stamping this at the Vatican Library.
We may imagine the librarian smiling when stamping this at the Vatican Library.
April 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Friends of the #LibraryStampMadness series, isn't it beautiful when a centuries old #manuscript page meets a library stamp, and this very stamp *exactly* fits into the empty space left over for a forgotten miniature?
We may imagine the librarian smiling when stamping this at the Vatican Library.
We may imagine the librarian smiling when stamping this at the Vatican Library.