My Den

[Tray Burge]

This is my den I've been working on for the last 3 months and finally got some leather club chairs ordered and on the way.
I built everything you see with the exception to the bar, but my true love are the books.
Everyone of these books are 19th century between 1832-1889, a few signed 1st ed..
I've recently purchased my first set of 18th century books.
Four 1754 books in Vellum, Italian romance novels, series of 4. The paper feels amazingly like silk!
My latest addition to my book collection.
I'm giddy, I'm impatiently waiting for my first 17th century book, a 1662 ESTIENNE DICTIONARY 'DICTIONARIUM HISTORICUM VELLUM 1ST ED., ENCYCLOPEDIA GENEVA that's on the way.
The room has evolved since this last picture I took though.
Oh yeah, my club chairs? Won't be delivered until Sep. 25th because of Covid!

 

[Zorba]

Dem's some cool books!

 

[Tray Burge]

Dem's some cool books!

Thanks,
Think about it, what was happening in the 1700's when these books were in the hands of the only people that had books back then, the wealthy?
The Black Plaque?
Didn't Marie Antionette lose her head around then?
Napoleon?
We all know what happened in 1776, I think?
I'm guessing here, no history buff.

 

[Zorba]

Thanks,
Think about it, what was happening in the 1700's when these books were in the hands of the only people that had books back then, the wealthy?
The Black Plaque?
Didn't Marie Antionette lose her head around then?
Napoleon?
We all know what happened in 1776, I think?
I'm guessing here, no history buff.

The plague was in the 13th century *I think*.

 

[Tray Burge]

The plague was in the 13th century *I think*.

I think you're right?
I won't be getting any books from 1200 I can tell you that since they were all hand written at that time and are priceless today. lol

 

[Zorba]

I think you're right?
I won't be getting any books from 1200 I can tell you that since they were all hand written at that time and are priceless today. lol

The oldest book I've seen was written (literally!) in the 10th century. Although I do have a computer here that is so old that its owner's manual came on scrolls.

 

[Tray Burge]

In voque in the 1700's:
George Washington,
Mozart,
Bach,
Voltaire,
The French Revolutionary War.

 

[Sancho]

Very cool!

Vivaldi was running around Italy at that time, and napolean invades italy.

 

[Tray Burge]

Very cool!

Vivaldi was running around Italy at that time, and napolean invades italy.

American Revolutionary War,
Washing became 1st president,
Napolen on a war path,
Ben Franklin was chasing chicks, said to be a big womanizer for his times,
Vivaldi was composing,
James Cook was sailing the seas making history...

 

[Irun]

This is my den I've been working on for the last 3 months and finally got some leather club chairs ordered and on the way.
I built everything you see with the exception to the bar, but my true love are the books.
Everyone of these books are 19th century between 1832-1889, a few signed 1st ed..
I've recently purchased my first set of 18th century books.
Four 1754 books in Vellum, Italian romance novels, series of 4. The paper feels amazingly like silk!
My latest addition to my book collection.
I'm giddy, I'm impatiently waiting for my first 17th century book, a 1662 ESTIENNE DICTIONARY 'DICTIONARIUM HISTORICUM VELLUM 1ST ED., ENCYCLOPEDIA GENEVA that's on the way.
The room has evolved since this last picture I took though.
Oh yeah, my club chairs? Won't be delivered until Sep. 25th because of Covid!
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This and the books would make my wife very happy. I can't have that, so I'm looking away!

 

[Vasq]

This is my den I've been working on for the last 3 months and finally got some leather club chairs ordered and on the way.
I built everything you see with the exception to the bar, but my true love are the books.
Everyone of these books are 19th century between 1832-1889, a few signed 1st ed..
I've recently purchased my first set of 18th century books.
Four 1754 books in Vellum, Italian romance novels, series of 4. The paper feels amazingly like silk!
My latest addition to my book collection.
I'm giddy, I'm impatiently waiting for my first 17th century book, a 1662 ESTIENNE DICTIONARY 'DICTIONARIUM HISTORICUM VELLUM 1ST ED., ENCYCLOPEDIA GENEVA that's on the way.
The room has evolved since this last picture I took though.
Oh yeah, my club chairs? Won't be delivered until Sep. 25th because of Covid!
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Love it! I think the only thing I'd change would be the neon.. gives me a dive bar/pool hall vibe vs. a suave secret gentleman's club cigar lounge vibe.

Looks great either way though!

 

[TWiG01]

Looks awesome, very nice work!

 

[Tray Burge]

Love it! I think the only thing I'd change would be the neon.. gives me a dive bar/pool hall vibe vs. a suave secret gentleman's club cigar lounge vibe.

Looks great either way though!

Totally agree, the light stays off mostly.

 

[Tray Burge]

Thank you for all the kind replies btw.
Well, my oldest girl arrived yesterday!
1662 Dictionary/Encyclopedia in Latin.
She fits right in, but she's a fat ol' girl. That's a 13" tall book to the right of her.
Interesting "wings" to protect the page ends too, a lot of books were shelved spine facing rear back then.

 

[Rick Flair]

I dig your hobby!

I love books and love reading them. This is something I could get into, but most lol won’t. Not for lack of care, it is a awesome hobby! Nobody I know would appreciate them and I’d hate for them to head to goodwill. Yuck.


Very cool!

 

[Tray Burge]

I dig your hobby!

I love books and love reading them. This is something I could get into, but most lol won’t. Not for lack of care, it is a awesome hobby! Nobody I know would appreciate them and I’d hate for them to head to goodwill. Yuck.


Very cool!

My book collection will go to my daughter (she's a reader) so I'm putting note cards in the one's needing notoriety when/if she wants to sell them one day. This way she'll know what the books are about in terms of value and collectability, I only have 19th century and before.

 

[Apparition]

Roughly what’s a 350 year old book cost?

 

[Tray Burge]

Roughly what’s a 350 year old book cost?

Depends on the condition, subject matter, how many were made and how popular it was during it's time.
I paid $300 for that one and it's in Latin so I won't be reading it. lol
They can also go for 10's of 1,000's and into the millions depending too?
I don't think my budget allows for that! haha

 

[Apparition]

Depends on the condition, subject matter, how many were made and how popular it was during it's time.
I paid $300 for that one and it's in Latin so I won't be reading it. lol
They can also go for 10's of 1,000's and into the millions depending too?
I don't think my budget allows for that! haha

Not bad for $300. I've never thought of collecting books. I don't need another hobby. Pretty damned cool though.

 

[freedom_in_4low]

Thanks,
Think about it, what was happening in the 1700's when these books were in the hands of the only people that had books back then, the wealthy?
The Black Plaque?
Didn't Marie Antionette lose her head around then?
Napoleon?
We all know what happened in 1776, I think?
I'm guessing here, no history buff.

I saw a funny observation the other day.

The version iteration of what we know now as the fax machine as invented and patented in 1843.

Samurai were effectively banned in Japan in 1876.

Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

Meaning...

there was a 22 year window during which a samurai could have sent a fax to Abraham Lincoln.

It's fun to compare history of different parts of the world and consider what things we don't connect in our understanding but actually had overlap.