Leo Cadogan
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Antiquarian bookseller, London. (ABA/ILAB).
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Very sad news out today on our dealer listserv: the death in December last year of Barcelona-area dealer Pelegrí Harò (Llibreria Delstres) aged only 70. He was a generous host who sold a fledgling hispanophile bookseller (me) lots of interesting things. His son had died in the summer.
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Very sad news out today on our dealer listserv: the death in December last year of Barcelona-area dealer Pelegrí Harò (Llibreria Delstres) aged only 70. He was a generous host who sold a fledgling hispanophile bookseller (me) lots of interesting things. His son had died in the summer.
Very curious egg, reported laid by a cockerel (male hen) in 1697.
February 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Very curious egg, reported laid by a cockerel (male hen) in 1697.
Something fishy … 19th-cent fish weathervane on top of a Holloway Road building. Fish also found in the moulding above the window.
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Something fishy … 19th-cent fish weathervane on top of a Holloway Road building. Fish also found in the moulding above the window.
Why I love my neighbourhood part [significant number]: witnessed a supermarket worker today saying in a Caribbean accent to a presumably Greek old woman shopping, “hey! kalimera! Kala?”
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Why I love my neighbourhood part [significant number]: witnessed a supermarket worker today saying in a Caribbean accent to a presumably Greek old woman shopping, “hey! kalimera! Kala?”
Quite a #nuntastic woodcut in a book of Antwerp, 1599.
February 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Quite a #nuntastic woodcut in a book of Antwerp, 1599.
Reader’s marks in a book of Antwerp, 1599.
February 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Reader’s marks in a book of Antwerp, 1599.
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Everything’s bad but Kal-El is still the best
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Everything’s bad but Kal-El is still the best
Staggering generosity of spirit. So much to look forward to.
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Staggering generosity of spirit. So much to look forward to.
Noting the difference between tyranny and regular sovereign power (the text says that one is led by greed, and the other, honesty). Early gloss to Aristotle’s ‘Politics’ (comm. Pietro Vettori) (Florence, 1576).
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Noting the difference between tyranny and regular sovereign power (the text says that one is led by greed, and the other, honesty). Early gloss to Aristotle’s ‘Politics’ (comm. Pietro Vettori) (Florence, 1576).
Cassettes and Walkman down from the attic. Mix-tapes! Apparently this stuff has cred in today’s playground.
January 31, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Cassettes and Walkman down from the attic. Mix-tapes! Apparently this stuff has cred in today’s playground.
A stack of Greek and Latin woodcut initials. Florence, Giunta, 1576.
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 AM
A stack of Greek and Latin woodcut initials. Florence, Giunta, 1576.
Time to kill in central London with errands taking too little time + more waiting-around errands ahead + mistakenly no reading material. Something random bought from Oxfam (charity) bookshop to pass some time.
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Time to kill in central London with errands taking too little time + more waiting-around errands ahead + mistakenly no reading material. Something random bought from Oxfam (charity) bookshop to pass some time.
Biblical book cover. Medieval parchment leaf with text from Genesis used in binding.
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Biblical book cover. Medieval parchment leaf with text from Genesis used in binding.
Self and colleagues after Stuttgart last-night dinner. This weather is very exciting for us.
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Self and colleagues after Stuttgart last-night dinner. This weather is very exciting for us.
End of the Stuttgart fair. Books prior to packing.
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
End of the Stuttgart fair. Books prior to packing.
Stuttgart’s Liederhalle cultural venue (where our book fair is) also has a concert of Turkish music this evening. This is what I am attending.
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Stuttgart’s Liederhalle cultural venue (where our book fair is) also has a concert of Turkish music this evening. This is what I am attending.
Decorative and hand-coloured book opening from late C16 Dilingen.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Decorative and hand-coloured book opening from late C16 Dilingen.
My corner at Stuttgart antiquarian book fair.
January 23, 2026 at 9:50 AM
My corner at Stuttgart antiquarian book fair.
Winter morning in Stuttgart.
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Winter morning in Stuttgart.
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Everything I need in here for a three-day book show and a five-night stay in Stuttgart.
January 21, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Everything I need in here for a three-day book show and a five-night stay in Stuttgart.
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Bookplate!? Who needs a stinking bookplate when you can mark your books with a red-hot branding iron? Here are two 17th c. “Marcas de Fuego” showing that the book was owned by the Great Convent of St. Francisco in Mexico City - S. FRAN.CO d MEX. CO. The second mark AP refers to the apostolica sedes.
January 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Bookplate!? Who needs a stinking bookplate when you can mark your books with a red-hot branding iron? Here are two 17th c. “Marcas de Fuego” showing that the book was owned by the Great Convent of St. Francisco in Mexico City - S. FRAN.CO d MEX. CO. The second mark AP refers to the apostolica sedes.
The prominent Piferrer press of Barcelona was led by women for approximately 33 of the 44 years between 1750 and 1794. Source: ‘Mujeres impresoras’ webpage at bne.es
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The prominent Piferrer press of Barcelona was led by women for approximately 33 of the 44 years between 1750 and 1794. Source: ‘Mujeres impresoras’ webpage at bne.es
This is not un-wow. Detail of large intaglio-printed astronomical board game, Paris 1671, called ‘Le jeu de la sphere, ou de l’univers selon Tycho Brahe’.
January 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This is not un-wow. Detail of large intaglio-printed astronomical board game, Paris 1671, called ‘Le jeu de la sphere, ou de l’univers selon Tycho Brahe’.
So truly excited not to be doing the New York book fair this year. I love it but it dominates the first part of the year and skipping it is a chance to refresh and do things differently. After Stuttgart next week, I probably won’t be exhibiting at a fair until the autumn!
January 17, 2026 at 1:10 PM
So truly excited not to be doing the New York book fair this year. I love it but it dominates the first part of the year and skipping it is a chance to refresh and do things differently. After Stuttgart next week, I probably won’t be exhibiting at a fair until the autumn!