Zoe Abrams Rare Books

Bookseller in Philadelphia (formerly NYC and Paris) www.zoethebookseller.com

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GET IT GIRL. New Gymnastics, 1864. #rarebooks #bookandpaperfairs #bookfairinspo (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bura5CGgTEd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1btqn03run4ax

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Dutch translator, please. #secretnotes in Dutch #almanacs #manuscripts #rarebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BrlZX8OAB7P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q0x25wgoghrc

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Always check your vellum wallet bindings!! There's something in there! Update to follow... #secretnotes #bindings #almanacs https://www.instagram.com/p/BrlY3x0gKJC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g1atjhbphnlo

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Love that pucelle de Gand. #pucelledegand #almanacs #rarebooks #woodcut https://www.instagram.com/p/BrlFoULAXOM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7olts38db2ye

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Well, that's a cool surprise #almanacs #rarebooks #johnadams #benfranklin https://www.instagram.com/p/BrlCitpAYCx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=veqswy2lybcs

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Back at the almanacs today. https://www.instagram.com/p/BriZQ76gW_5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rw0zox3ca066

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Behold a new list - Domestic Science, 1671-1951 - now on my website! Link in bio #rarebooks #cookery and advice for the the real #realhousewives https://www.instagram.com/p/BrB2-hAAC4t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nsfostkakno0

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One of the cooler title-page vignettes I've seen in a while. Taschenbuch der Medicinisch-Chirurgischen Receptirkunst... (Leipzig: J.A. Barth, 1812). #rarebooks #engravings #pharmacystudent https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmY0VDB1tI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jgwm73s0897i

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A pin! In Dupuy, Instruction d'un pere à sa fille (Paris, & se vend à Bruxelles, 1708). #bookstagram (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)

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Cookmaid's Guide, ca. 1850, in original pink #millenialpink (with some restoration) #nofilter #bookstagram (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)

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Really glad we've made advancements in this kind of technology. (From The Ladies Almanac for 1866.) #bookstagram #housewifery #advertisements (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)

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Anyone recognize this wax seal (front flyleaf) or ink stamp (title-page)? From Traité de la Communauté de Biens, entre l'Homme et la Femme conjoints par mariage (Paris, 1723). Merci! #bookstagram #provenance (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)

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Physiögnomische Catechismus, 1780. #physiognomy #engraving #bookstagram (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)

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Lettres de Madame la Marquise de Pompadour in original pink wrappers, 1774. #nofilter #bookstagram #binding #swoon (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)

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Mrs. Lincoln's seminal cookbook (1888), first published in 1884, this copy with over 30 pages of added manuscript notes for mostly sweets and savories but also "Magic Furniture Polish" #cooking #cookbook #bookstagram #manuscript (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)

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This took me a minute, even with the instructions right there. Can you see it? Physiologie complète du Rébus, [1842]. #bookstagram (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)

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Check out the negative space in this corner; something must have gotten between the inked type and the paper during printing. (at Zoe Abrams Rare Books)