A Book Carrying Case from the 17th Century (12 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       20 Nov 2014       9801       1 GALLERY VIEW

In the days before kindles and smartphones changed the way we read books, people used to have to carry their books around and this old relic used was used during the 17th Century for this purpose.

 



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gigantes 10 year s ago
not exactly. that's obviously a custom case built for a special set of books. loose books in general would have been carried around in book satchels or straps, etc.
       
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