“Good bookes to be sought”: A. N. L. Munby the collector
The latest exhibition in the North Front Corridor marks the centenary of the birth of one of Cambridge’s most eminent twentieth-century librarians. Born on Christmas […]
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Printed ‘Frost Fair’ ephemera in the University Library
The University Library holds many pieces of ephemera – notices, pamphlets and single sheets not intended to last or be preserved – which provide an […]
Continue reading »Peter Treveris’ Grete herball of 1529
Herbals – collections of texts about the medicinal uses of plants and herbs – were compiled and used by many of the world’s great civilisations […]
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