LIBRARY MIRABILIS

For those who linger in museum halls or lose themselves in old bookshops. You are always welcome here.

LIBRARY
MIRABILIS

A collection of richly illustrated volumes exploring the strange, the overlooked, and the wondrous.

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  • Illustrated throughout in a Victorian engraving style
  • The record set beside the legend
  • Every tale introduced
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The shelves

Every volume in the Library

The Library holds nine illustrated volumes so far, with more on the way. Choose a cover to look inside.

Non-fiction

7 volumes

Hidden orders, forbidden books, doomsday prophets, and creatures that should not exist. Every story here really happened, or someone swore that it did.

Illustrated anthologies

2 volumes

Weird fiction, horror and ghost stories from the masters of the strange, each tale introduced and illustrated.

From the plates

A look inside the books

A few of the plates waiting inside.

A chained book on its lectern
A chained book on its lecternfrom Forbidden Books
From The Old Nurse's Story
From The Old Nurse's Storyfrom Christmas Ghost Stories
Into the caves at West Wycombe
Into the caves at West Wycombefrom Secret Societies
The Yule Cat on the prowl
The Yule Cat on the prowlfrom Christmas Cryptids
From The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
From The Flowering of the Strange Orchidfrom Deadly Blooms
Joanna Southcott's sealed box
Joanna Southcott's sealed boxfrom Curious Cults
From The Brown Hand
From The Brown Handfrom Christmas Ghost Stories
Lanterns among the redwoods
Lanterns among the redwoodsfrom Secret Societies
A sea serpent beside a sailing ship
A sea serpent beside a sailing shipfrom Cryptids & Contested Creatures
The Mari Lwyd at the door
The Mari Lwyd at the doorfrom Christmas Cryptids
The Voynich Manuscript under the lens
The Voynich Manuscript under the lensfrom Forbidden Books
The Great Divine Temple at Tay Ninh
The Great Divine Temple at Tay Ninhfrom Curious Cults
Christmas CryptidsForbidden BooksSecret SocietiesCurious CultsCryptids & Contested CreaturesEntangledLiminal SpacesChristmas Ghost Stories

Hardcovers for giving

A strange gift for the right person. Nine titles come in hardcover: Christmas Cryptids, Forbidden Books, Secret Societies, Curious Cults, Cryptids & Contested Creatures, Entangled, Liminal Spaces, Christmas Ghost Stories, and Deadly Blooms.

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Mirabilis (Latin): wonderful, to be marveled at

About the Library Mirabilis

Mirabilis is Latin for wonderful, a thing to be marveled at. It comes from mirari, to wonder, and it is the test for every book on these shelves.

The Library collects the strange and the overlooked: secret societies and forbidden books, sea serpents and carnivorous plants, failed prophets and drowned churches, and the ghost stories the Victorians told by the fire. Every volume is illustrated throughout in a Victorian engraving style and made to be kept, the kind of book you hope to find in an old bookshop.

The non-fiction is written by A. R. Wells, who also gathers, introduces, and edits the anthologies of classic supernatural fiction, restored from early printings.

Write to the Library

We welcome correspondence from fellow wanderers and collectors of curiosities.

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contact@librarymirabilis.com

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