A biblichor of eldritch books - heavy parchment paper, ancient iron oak gall ink, crumbling leather bindings, and wafts of rare incenses.

"Time-eaten, like his books, and worn

With teen and strong endeavour,

Pure heart, flame burning ever,

Whence lofty thought and verse were born,

With lamp-lit toil he met the morn.

And wealth bequeathed by ages old

Stood round him piled, enshelved,

Wherein he nightly delved,

Nor paused when grey was smitten gold..." -J.J. Britton "A Bookworm" (1884)

Art: Dutch Vanitas Still Life by Unknown Artist, c. mid-1600s