A little piece of Aberdeen history, looking for a good home
Posted 1st Apr 2026r/Aberdeen
Original photographs spanning half a century of Britain's working waterways, c.1960s–1990s. Roughly 100 pages (50 leaves) + 45 photos of Thames sailing barges (documented) - You can now download them all from here.
Posted 26th Mar 2026r/Nautical
Posted 26th Mar 2026r/sailing
Posted 26th Mar 2026r/maritime
Posted 26th Mar 2026r/MaritimePictures
A folder containing around 100 pages of what appears to be a meticulously compiled research archive documenting Thames sailing barges with original photos spanning around 50 years. I picked up a mixed lot at auction and found this inside. Is there any monetary value in something like this?
Posted 25th Mar 2026r/maritime
Posted 25th Mar 2026r/MaritimePictures
Found this remarkable 1776 original hand-coloured engraving of a ceiling from Nero's Domus Aurea (Golden House), Rome - Plate 12 from the legendary Carloni/Smugliewicz series. The same plate is held in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. Can anyone tell me more about it?
Posted 13th Mar 2026r/ArtHistory
England - Found this remarkable 1776 original hand-coloured engraving of a ceiling from Nero's Domus Aurea (Golden House), Rome - Plate 12 from the legendary Carloni/Smugliewicz series. The same plate is held in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. Can anyone tell me more about it?
Posted 13th Mar 2026r/Antiques
Rare Dual Signed 1932 Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg, commonly known as Ena (was Queen of Spain) and Vandyk of London - Royal Photographer
Posted 13th Mar 2026r/Autographs
Late 18th century? HIC ZODIACI XII SUB SIGNIS FELICITER VOLVITUR TERRA
Posted 11th Mar 2026r/oldmaps
Bascanka - C# open source large file text editor - UI and text rendering engine are built entirely from scratch in C# - no 3rd dependencies - no installation - single exe
Posted 15th Feb 2026r/csharp
Would anyone be able to transcribe this, please? It was found in an old book from the 1840s.
Posted 24th Jan 2026r/Transcription
English - Transcription of the last line last character of the Roman Numeral MDCCXXI? - Ane Ballat of The Auld Lang Syne MDCCCII (1802) - MDCCCVI (1806) Imprinted in the Year 182?. Did they use U in shortage of V?
Posted 23rd Jan 2026r/Transcription
Probably Latin - Could anyone tell me what the inscription on the right side says? For additional context, the book dates from the early 16th century. It doesn’t include a publication date, so the inscription may be referring to that.
Posted 8th Jan 2026r/Transcription
Would anyone be able to identify these two coins, please?
Posted 29th Dec 2025r/oldcoins
UK - Would anyone know what this is and approximate age?
Posted 15th Nov 2025r/metaldetecting
UK – Trying to determine the age. It appears to be a Viking ring?
UK - Can anyone identify this fossil fish? It came in a fossil lot with no known origin.
Posted 4th Nov 2025r/fossilid
Another recent addition to my no-sale collection (Published 1722/24) featuring one of my favourite bindings (built to last): contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with clasp. FOLIO.
Posted 3rd Oct 2025r/OldBooks
Posted 3rd Oct 2025r/rarebooks
UK - Help identifying this finds
Posted 19th Sep 2025r/metaldetecting
UK find – Axe: Is it possible to tell the age?
Posted 18th Sep 2025r/metaldetecting
Would anybody know what this is?
Would anyone be able to figure out the signature of this watercolour painting?
Posted 10th Sep 2025r/Transcription
Bone - Another one from the mixed fossil lot I bought - Unknown origin - Would anyone be able to tell what animal this is from?
Posted 15th Jul 2025r/fossilid
Would anybody know what this is? I don't have idea where is it from, some other fossils from the same mixed lot I bought refers to "Mecca".
[Japanese > English] - Would anyone be able to translate this two highlighted texts please?
Posted 17th Jun 2025r/translator
New addition to my collection: mid-15th century (c.1460) double-sided vellum manuscript leaf from a large liturgical choirbook. Written in clear Gothic Rotunda script with square notation on red four-line staves. Features a female saint or nun in monastic habit holding a book.
Posted 10th May 2025r/OldBooks
Posted 10th May 2025r/rarebooks
ESSEKINI, danas svima poznat kao Osijek - Uspio sam nabaviti rano izdanje knjige iz 1776. godine tiskane u Osijeku u tiskari koju je 1775./76. osnovao Ivan Martin Divald, jedan od pionira tiskarstva u Osijeku i Slavoniji.
Posted 9th May 2025r/hrvatska
Još jedna knjiga iz 18. stoljeća iz moje kolekcije: Rijetko prvo izdanje Epistolae Bernardi Zamagnae (1795./96.) - zbirka latinskih pjesničkih poslanica koje je napisao Bernardo Zamagna, isusovac, pjesnik i prevoditelj iz Dubrovnika.
Posted 26th Apr 2025r/hrvatska
Novo u mojoj kolekciji - knjiga stara 264 godine - izdanje iz 1761: Ravninske i sferne trigonometrije Ruđera Josipa Boškovića, uvezeno s elementima ravninske i prostorne geometrije, zajedno s Izabranim teoremima iz Arhimeda autora Andrije Tacqueta, svećenika Družbe Isusove. Hrvatska kulturna baština
Posted 25th Apr 2025r/hrvatska
Jedno od meni dražih prvih izdanja iz moje kolekcije je prvo izdanje (iz 1728) knjige Usdasi Mandaljene Pokornize u Spilli od Marsiglje koju je na starom Hrvatskom napisao Ignjat Đurđević.
Posted 23rd Apr 2025r/hrvatska
Što se pjevalo u Zagrebačkoj katedrali 1751. godine, u vrijeme kada je glavni službeni jezik bio latinski - Zbirka napjeva za procesije, koja je sastavljena prema staroj običajnoj praksi Zagrebačke katedrale svetoga Stjepana kralja. Knjigu sam kupio na aukciji u Dublinu - vraća se u Hrvatsku.
Posted 21st Apr 2025r/hrvatska
Any idea what the name is? "1772 [?] Turina CZ" - just to give it a context, it's Croatian book on Latin published 1751 bought in Dublin Ireland. The surname "Turina" is definitely Croatian while name is very likely no Croatian.
Posted 6th Apr 2025r/Transcription
Bought this one from 1672 - This book codified the rules specific to the Recollect Reform within the Franciscans and it served as a legal and spiritual guide for all friars under the Lower Germany Province. It looks to be very rare. Who do you think would be interested in this book? (IF)
Posted 22nd Mar 2025r/rarebooks
Posted 22nd Mar 2025r/OldBooks
Novi dodatak mojoj kolekciji - Rijetko prvo izdanje Epistolae Bernardi Zamagnae 1795/96 - Zbirka latinskih pjesničkih poslanica koje je napisao Bernardo Zamagna, isusovac, pjesnik i prevoditelj iz Dubrovnika.
Posted 14th Mar 2025r/croatia
I got this one recently. [BRONTE (Anne, "Acton Bell")]. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1859. Complete in one volume.
Posted 12th Mar 2025r/rarebooks
Need help with transcription - Raymond [J?]u?lis [Clumia?] Cotage - From Geo. Robert to Pe[?]it Wa[r?]wick 45. Would that be right?
Posted 8th Mar 2025r/Transcription
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