Velvet, Leather

[tierradentro]

Palacio San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. By tierradentro.

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[hellanne]

IMG_9422-2 (by keegan.adriance)

[mountvision]

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gregory Muenzen

[etzchaim]

[bibliofila]

[leatherandvelvet]

I bet this book smells exquisite...

The “Heaviest” Archive Item (Vatican Secret Archives)

[missfolly]

Drawing on envelope, 1868

[leatherandvelvet]

Par Nous, Pour Nous

Maison Cauchie, Brussels

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Spiral staircase in the Iowa state capital library

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JJ Grandville - 'Les Fleurs Animées', 1847

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Tulipe Librairie Impressions’s Photo

[yama-bato]

Flora’s lexicon: an interpretation of the language and sentiment of flowers: with an outline of botany, and a poetical introduction

Author:  Waterman, Catharine H. (Catharine Harbeson), b. 1812

Date:  1857

Place/Time:  United States

Publisher:  Boston, Massachusetts: Phillips, Sampson, and Company

[bibliofila]

Casanatense Library, Rome, Italy

Source: Amoroma

[leatherandvelvet]

Looking up at the clock, I see it is almost time to slip into a secluded alcove to meet you. My heart beats faster..

[leatherandvelvet]

There is another floor upstairs, but it mostly serves as storage space for books that didn't fit the main library. We should be safe there.

[psychrophile]

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Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

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His fingers lightly graced the handle, stroking the sculpted bird with the same delicacy he would approach a live, flighty creature. Careful not to make any noise, he bent down to press his eye to the gilded keyhole..

-Door handle by Franz von Stuck on the entrance to the Council Room at the Bremen City Hall, Germany.