Letter Openers: Works of Art on the Desk by Kurt F. Büchel

By Kurt F. Büchel

this day, messages are frequently despatched by way of SMS, albeit quicker yet certainly much less romantic than writing a letter. anyone who has long ago opened a handwritten letter, even perhaps a love letter, with a preciously embellished software mendacity calmly within the hand may possibly simply turn into a collector of such instruments - referred to as letter openers.

But amassing is particularly frequently reserved to associations reminiscent of museums, libraries or information, which acquire professionally and on behalf of the general public. moreover, there's a military of personal creditors who occasionally even surpass the standard of similar public collections because of their dedication, their wisdom and their passion.

This is mainly real for the world's greatest choice of letter openers. This booklet offers a few rather appropriate exemplary items of the respective assortment, giving a sign as to the broad spectrum of the total choice of over 2718 letter openers.

Any viewer of this boundless rows of letter openers is involved not just through the nice type, but additionally through the standard of the fabrics, workmanship and layout of those instruments, which were in use now for lots of a long time. Letter openers made up of priceless fabrics reminiscent of gold, silver and ivory, are real items of artwork mendacity on a desk.

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