Inferno

hawhat: Happy St. Patrick’s! Let’s make everything green today.

hawhat:

Happy St. Patrick’s! Let’s make everything green today.

book-aesthete: Spectropia; or Surprising Spectral Illusions; showing Ghosts everywhere, and of every colourBrown (J.H., of Brighton). 1865. First Series, fourth edition, 16 plates, all but three hand-coloured, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, 4to, 1865. The introduction explains, “the following Illusions are founded on two well-known facts; namely, the persistency of impressions, and the production of complementary colours, on the retina.”

book-aesthete:

Spectropia; or Surprising Spectral Illusions; showing Ghosts everywhere, and of every colour
Brown (J.H., of Brighton). 1865.

First Series, fourth edition, 16 plates, all but three hand-coloured, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, 4to, 1865.

The introduction explains, “the following Illusions are founded on two well-known facts; namely, the persistency of impressions, and the production of complementary colours, on the retina.”

jtotheizzoe:

A Solar System Across Sweden

A 1:20 million scale solar system has been built that covers the entire nation of Sweden. With different buildings and sculptures representing different planets and solar bodies, the replicas begin in Stockholm (with the Sun and inner planets) and stretch all the way to the far north town of Kiruna (the point of termination shock), 950 km away from the “Sun”.

I’ve put the names of what the above sculptures represent in the photo captions.

To see the full list of pseudo-planetary landmarks, check here. Any Swedish followers seen any of these?

oldfilmsflicker: Happy Birthday George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

oldfilmsflicker:

Happy Birthday George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

book-aesthete: The Years Virginia Woolf. By Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937. First edition, original cloth, gilt spine, spine ends very slightly rubbed, dust-jacket, small chips to lower edges, small closed tears to lower spine and fold, 8vo, __________________________________ “The sun was shining again; the damp pavements gleamed; a gust of wind tossed up the wet branches of the almond trees in the villa gardens; little twigs and tufts of blossom whirled onto the pavement and stuck there. As she stood still for a second at a crossing she too seemed to be tossed aloft out of her usual surroundings. She forgot where she was. The sky, blown into a blue open space, seemed to be looking down not here upon streets and houses, but upon open country, where the wind brushed the moors, and sheep, with grey fleeces ruffled, sheltered under stone walls. She could almost see the moors brighten and darken as the clouds passed over them.”

book-aesthete:

The Years
Virginia Woolf. By Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937.

First edition, original cloth, gilt spine, spine ends very slightly rubbed, dust-jacket, small chips to lower edges, small closed tears to lower spine and fold, 8vo,

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“The sun was shining again; the damp pavements gleamed; a gust of wind tossed up the wet branches of the almond trees in the villa gardens; little twigs and tufts of blossom whirled onto the pavement and stuck there. As she stood still for a second at a crossing she too seemed to be tossed aloft out of her usual surroundings. She forgot where she was. The sky, blown into a blue open space, seemed to be looking down not here upon streets and houses, but upon open country, where the wind brushed the moors, and sheep, with grey fleeces ruffled, sheltered under stone walls. She could almost see the moors brighten and darken as the clouds passed over them.”