You have a lot of books, so it's small wonder that we share at least some books - but sharing both 'David Teniers and the Theatre of Painting' ánd 'Het Nederlandsch kluchtspel in de 17de eeuw' is really special. And I notice that some of the books in your library are on my wish list. Fascinating!

posted by Steven_VI at 6:55 am (EST) on Apr 27, 2008

Great screen name--I wanted to name an indie rock band that (but I don't have an indie rock band.) I've just put a few of my books in today as a trial and thought your library looked the most intriguing. I'll have to learn to read Dutch to appreciate it more fully, I'm sure.

posted by halgeary at 2:57 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2008

I see you own two of my brother's books! (Jeremy Bangs). It looks like we share some interests!

posted by ZiaSun at 1:31 am (EST) on Dec 16, 2007

Thanks for your comment - your library looks fascinating too. I haven't finished cataloguing all my books, so I probably won't get round to rating things much until after that. Clearly you have wonderful taste too since we have lots of books in common - and I see from your favourites list that Rumer Godden, Flann O'Brian and Mary Wesley will overlap too.

posted by coughingbear at 5:24 am (EST) on Oct 19, 2007

I am an engineer working in a diamond mine! Which explains all the mining and engineering books. My hobbies include historical recreation of the 16th century - I am particularly interested in Dutch, Flemish and German history. Oh and I was raised in French which explains all the kids books!

Your library makes me drool though. I think I would have much fun looking over your books!

posted by rectangularcat at 11:33 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2007

Hi, I'm not sure, but I think we share a rather uncommon book: Joz. (or Jozef) de Coo, de boer in de kunst. In my edition (paperback, rather worn out) I can find no publishing date, although the writer explicitly tells us that the place where the artworks can be seen ('de bewaarplaats van de kunstwerken') is from 1939. So I assumed a publishing date of 1939 or 1940. But by Google I could not find anything, and you have as publishing date 1946. How do you know? Or do you have a later version of this work?

posted by CumLibello at 2:14 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2007

wow you too have a great library! Are you an art historian?

posted by rectangularcat at 11:13 am (EST) on Aug 12, 2007

Thanks for your comment. Your library looks great too. I just discovered LibraryThing and I'm 3,000 miles from home right now, so I haven't catalogued everything. If you don't mind my asking, where do you get Dutch books--in the Netherlands, or elsewhere?

posted by bwogilvie at 3:21 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2007