The modestly proportioned Klencke Atlas of 1660.
Toronto. How the heck do you photograph a rare atlas? Very carefully, apparently with lavish attention to detail, lighting, and preservation.
The Open Culture site on May 11th, 2017 published an article by Ted Mills titled, “Timelapse Film Shows How the British Library Digitized the World’s Largest Atlas, the 6-Foot Tall “Klencke Atlas” from 1660“.
Thanks to my good friend, George Dunbar, you can see the valuable role of photography in disseminating an atlas of grand proportions once a gift to King Charles II 15 years before his death in 1685.
Watch the short video and see just how carefully the ancient book is handled and the care with which it is evenly lighted and each page is documented photographically. The pages have since been scanned and are now available to everyone while the delicate old book goes back to a vault for safe keeping.
