Whose ‘Shelf Life’ is it anyway?
One book, three collectors: Kathleen Butler, A.N.L. Munby, Gilbert de Botton A book can have many lives, passing from one collector to another over the […]
Continue reading »One book, three collectors: Kathleen Butler, A.N.L. Munby, Gilbert de Botton A book can have many lives, passing from one collector to another over the […]
Continue reading »As well as certain other events this year, 2012 marks three hundred years since the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher, composer, educational theorist and inventor […]
Continue reading »During the First World War, the poet, playwright and diplomat Paul Claudel (1868-1955) struck up a friendship with Audrey Parr, the wife of a British […]
Continue reading »A significant part of rare books cataloguing work is documenting ‘copy-specific’ information—previous ownerships, binding, decoration, or imperfections—about the book in hand. Identifying and describing this […]
Continue reading »Two recent acquisitions enhance our strong collections in natural history, anatomy and the history of collecting. The first is a catalogue of the natural history […]
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