Magnus Hirschfeld & sex reform
Post by Alina Wanitzek (Assistant Librarian, Department of Psychology) In October 2022, San Francisco–based queer public historian and book dealer Gerard Koskovich came to Cambridge […]
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Arthur Schnitzler digital: new resources. Guest post by Andrew Webber
The leading Austrian Modernist writer, Arthur Schnitzler, died on 21 October 1931. Marking the anniversary of the author’s death, the digital portal constructed for the […]
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A book from J. S. Bach’s library
On 31 March 1685 was born Johann Sebastian Bach, widely regarded as one of best composers the world has ever known. The Library is fortunate […]
Continue reading »The cyclist as hero: Harry Graf Kessler and private press books
This guest post, written by Dr Jaap Harskamp (formerly Curator of Dutch & Flemish collections at the British Library, who is now working on the […]
Continue reading »A very individual artist: Arthur Szyk and his world
The Library has recently received a generous donation of a copy of the very fine Passover ‘Haggadah’ illustrated by Arthur Szyk, the 20th century Polish […]
Continue reading »“The most interesting objects”
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 […]
Continue reading »Eighteenth-century English erotica for a discerning German wartime audience
The Rare Books Department has just purchased a rather unusual piece of First-World-War printing. John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, or Fanny Hill […]
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