April 11, 2017 |
Rare Books of Instagram (Part 3)
Our series profiling rare book accounts on Instagram continues today with book collectors. (See Part 1 for library institutional accounts and Part 2 for personal accounts of librarians).
And so, in no particular order, here we go...
@therarebookhunter (M. Daniel; Tennessee)
@bookhawk (Corey Swartsel; California)
@theperfumeofbooks (Australia)
@annielauriesbooks (Laurie Baker; California)
@michelesgp (Michele Rodda; Singapore)
@dark_occult_books (England)
@butterfliesofzembla (Sara Gran; California) (Check out Sara's interview with us back in 2013).
(A special thanks to Diane Dias DeFazio, a previous entry in our Bright Young Librarians series and an avid Instagram user, for her help in compiling this post).



![Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–253) Homilia in Genesim, Homiliae in Exodum, in Latin, translation by Rufinus, decorated manuscript on parchment [Austria, Lambach Abbey? c. 1150–1175]. Estimate: $150,000-$200,000.](/sites/default/files/styles/category_card/public/media-images/2026-06/origen.jpeg?itok=0V_4_Lt2)






