afternoon sun in Amsterdam, Leidseplein
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The Endless Bookshelf will be filing despatches from Amsterdam and environs during the week of the A.I.B congress (words and images dropped in here as found).
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things are symbols of themselves / semiotics of Amsterdam
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vegan potato truffle cappuccino
[surprise innovation offered during the medley of the Daalder experience, vegan mode]
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Vondelpark
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Watcher at the edge of the cow pasture, in the Amsterdamse Bos.
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Herengracht
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‘Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres’
The earliest surviving manuscript of Caesar’s De bello gallico (On the Gallic War), ca. ninth century CE, at the Allard Pierson collection, University of Amsterdam.
At the other end of the table, a stack of more than 80 ‘feuilles volantes’ (1916-28) of Kaváfis (Cavafy), scattered leaves of his self-published Poems.
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Breestraat, Leiden
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color in the Rijksmuseum library
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— H. N. Werkman. Hot Printing. [Groningen, ca. 1936]. One of three known copies of a portfolio of prints and poems.
At the Koninglijke Bibliotheek = KB, nationale bibliotheek :
Onze wereld is gebouwd met woorden en gevormd door mensen
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— Vincent van Gogh. Trois romans.
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At the Ritman Library, Keizersgracht 123, Amsterdam.
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Compagnieszaal, West-Indisch Huis, Amsterdam
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rainbow at Schiphol
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