Haec City / Also Books
The Haec City website (http://haec.city) originated as a pandemic-era project designed to mimic the experience of visiting a bookshop during a time when those spaces were inaccessible. In translating the ritual of rummaging through piles of books to the virtual sphere, clicking on an image substitutes picking up something that catches our eye, creating the opportunity for serendipitous discoveries absent of algorithms. Haec City / Also Books maintains a public archive of select sold listings to encourage engagement with rare materials outside the traditional bibliophile community.
Named for “haecceity” or thisness, Haec City deals in books, objects & images that reflect the evolving visual and material cultures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Areas of note include education, textiles, decorative arts, reference, vernacular materials, misfortune—and, Also Books, in general.
@haec_city
The Haec City website (http://haec.city) originated as a pandemic-era project designed to mimic the experience of visiting a bookshop during a time when those spaces were inaccessible. In translating the ritual of rummaging through piles of books to the virtual sphere, clicking on an image substitutes picking up something that catches our eye, creating the opportunity for serendipitous discoveries absent of algorithms. Haec City / Also Books maintains a public archive of select sold listings to encourage engagement with rare materials outside the traditional bibliophile community.
Named for “haecceity” or thisness, Haec City deals in books, objects & images that reflect the evolving visual and material cultures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Areas of note include education, textiles, decorative arts, reference, vernacular materials, misfortune—and, Also Books, in general.
@haec_city
Haec City / Also Books
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh, PA
