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Author: Sophie Defrance

First pop-up talk in Rare Books – Come and hear about the first images printed in colour in England

Posted on 15 June 2016 by Sophie Defrance

The Book of Saint Albans (or Boke of Seynt Albans) is the common title of a 1486 book, a compilation of matters relating to the […]

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Events, Historical Printing, Rare Books

Is this the day, of all the days?

Posted on 23 April 2016 by Sophie Defrance

It is widely accepted that Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, the day of his 52nd birthday. Today, a drop-in event (2:00 to 4:00 pm) […]

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A springtime post

Posted on 24 March 2016 by Sophie Defrance

To celebrate spring, and the upcoming holidays, here are a few illustrations of spring flowers from our Rare Books collections.       Herbarum imagines […]

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Rare Books

Castles in the air: two works of Renaissance and Baroque Iberian poetry

Posted on 18 March 2016 by Sophie Defrance

Thanks to a recommendation of Dr Rodrigo Cacho, Reader in Spanish Golden Age and Colonial Studies, the Rare Books department of Cambridge University Library has […]

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Collectors and collecting, Hispanic, Rare Books, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections

How (and when) to visit the Fitzwilliam museum…in the 1850s.

Posted on 26 February 2016 by Sophie Defrance

Many of you will have seen that the Fitzwilliam museum turned 200 earlier this month. How would visitors born, like the museum, 200 years ago, […]

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Rare Books, Special Collections

On this day – The Kelmscott Beowulf

Posted on 2 February 2016 by Sophie Defrance

    The tale of Beowulf [done out of the Old English tongue by William Morris and A.J. Wyatt.] was issued #OnThisDay in 1895. Cambridge […]

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600th anniversary, Exhibitions

His royal favour: science, communication and livres d’apparat.

Posted on 18 December 2015 by Sophie Defrance

The current exhibition His royal favour: The books that built the Library celebrates the outstanding collection of John Moore, Bishop of Ely, (1646–1714). Bought by King […]

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Exhibitions, French, Rare Books

Collectors: John Couch Adams, a reminder about the Rose Book-Collecting Prize, and a beautiful binding.

Posted on 19 December 2014 by Sophie Defrance

John Couch Adams, the collector. It is this time of the year when  Cambridge University Library advertised this year’s competition for the 2015 Rose Book-Collecting […]

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Recent Acquisitions: Printed Books

Posted on 2 December 2014 by Sophie Defrance

A previous post about the current exhibition in the entrance hall, Scribes and Printers, features recent acquisitions by the Department of Manuscripts. This post, in […]

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Exhibitions, Rare Books, Recent acquisitions

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