Medievalism in fin de siècle Paris: a new acquisition
One of the more enjoyable parts of curating the Library’s collection of rare books is adding new (old) books to our shelves, in areas which […]
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Hilda L. Everett: A Twentieth-Century Fenland Poet
One of the primary benefits of legal deposit is that all sorts of obscure, locally published material makes its way safely into a national collection […]
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‘A valuable & extensive library’: Tim Munby’s book sales catalogues
The Library holds extensive collections of books on bibliography, including on the history of libraries and collecting. One of the primary sources for understanding the […]
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John Baskerville’s ‘Small Performances’ project launch
This week the University Library was thrilled to host the launch of the AHRC-funded project “Small performances”: investigating the typographic punches of John Baskerville (1707-75) through heritage […]
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Thomas Richard Brown (1791-1875): poet, clergyman & collector
In October the Library hosted a conference to mark the centenary of the death of Francis Jenkinson, University Librarian 1889-1923, which included a display of […]
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The Autograph of al-Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī (d. 502/1109): A Very Early Source for the Poetry of al-Maʿarrī.
This post is by the inaugural Oschinsky Research Associate, Dr James White. James is working with a core group of forty Arabic and Persian manuscripts which […]
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Ghosts in the library: or, a bibliographical mystery solved
Information presented to library users in online catalogues is usually taken to be true and might rarely be questioned. Elements which might be passed over […]
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Classroom photographic journeys: the Alfred Hugh Fisher Collection
This guest post is by Dr Sabrina Meneghini, Associate Lecturer in Photographic History & Archival Heritage at Milan’s CFP Bauer. Sabrina recently completed her PhD […]
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The Rose Book Collecting prize 2022: Illustrated books from early-modern Japan
The Rose Prize is awarded annually to a current student of the University, for a coherent collection on any subject from any period. The winner […]
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Grace Chisholm Young (1868-1944), Girton mathematician
In the Rare Books Department we receive many catalogues from booksellers and auctioneers, offering materials which might be added to our shelves. One such catalogue […]
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