#finisfriday

[bbrarebooks]

Finis Libri Secundi. The History of the World (1628) by Sir Walter Raleigh #sirwalterraleigh #finisfriday #historyoftheworld (go see the maps over at @bbrarebooks) (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbDh-iJRAB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[librarycompany]

Ok so it's not *technically* a finis piece, but this tail piece made us smile so we're still using it for #TGIFinisFriday!

From: Holm, Thomas. Kort beskrifning om provincien Nya Swerige uti America. (Stockholm, 1702)

[hdslibrary]

A lovely #finisfriday from a commentary on the biblical Book of Jude attributed to English author Thomas Tomkinson (1631-1710?), a member of the Muggletonian sect of Protestant Christians. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFkWUXRJWOE/?igshid=p84d8beohb2v

[gwuscrc]

A fitting #finis for this #Friday:

John Selden, Mare Clausum (London: William Stansby for  Richard Meighen, 1636).

[daemonsdomain]

Joy, gentle friends! Joy and fresh days of love accompany your hearts! – A Midsummer Night’s Dream #ShakespeareSunday ☁️ That’s a wrap for 2017! We look forward with you all 2018 has to offer in and out of the All Souls Universe! xo ~ The Daemons 🖤 Angela, Jean and Valerie #HappyNewYear . . . . #Repost @gwuscrc ・・・ A fitting closing for a #FinisFriday from Joseph Harris's The Description and Use of the Globes and the Orrery (London: B. Cole and E. Cushee, 1751). #SpecialCollections #LibrariesOfInstagram #RareBooks #SolarSystem #Astronomy #Globes #Orrery #18thCentury

[muspeccoll]

Hope your week wraps up in a stellar fashion, just like this #FinisFriday.⠀ ⠀ Astronomicon, by M. Manilius. [Venice] : [Cura, & diligentia Aldi Ro.], [Mense octob. 1499] Rare Vault QB41 .F5 1499⠀ ⠀ #stars #astronomy #finis #bookhistory #books #booklover #biliophile #rarebooks #specialcollections #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #columbiamo (at Ellis Library)

[librarycompany]

Happy Birthday to the Bard of Avon!

Pictured here is our copy of the Second Folio, including the lovely finispiece from Romeo & Juliet because you know we love a good #finisfriday.

Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1632.

[librarycompany]

TGIFinisFriday!

This lovely finispiece is joining us all the way from 17th century Amsterdam and is here to wish you all a wonderful weekend!

D. Magni Ausonii ... Opera. (Amsterdam, 1669)