An early Cambridge binding by Nicholas Spierinck
The library has recently acquired, with help from the Friends of Cambridge University Library, an important sammelband (catalogued at the shelfmark 5000.d.122) of nine early […]
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Thomas Erpenius: an Arabist of many talents
Thomas van Erpe, or Erpenius, as he is usually known, is best remembered for his collection of Arabic manuscripts which came to the University Library […]
Continue reading »Sandars Lectures 2013-14: Professor Nigel Morgan
The Sandars lectures for this year will be given by Professor Nigel Morgan, Emeritus Honorary Professor of the History of Art in the University of […]
Continue reading »Charles I and the Eikon Basilike
At about 2pm on this day in 1649, King Charles I was beheaded outside the Banqueting House of Whitehall Palace. The story of his downfall […]
Continue reading »New acquisition: The Gili Collection of Spanish & Catalan books
The University Library has recently acquired a collection of over 70 titles from the library of the late Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), a documentary film-maker, small-press […]
Continue reading »Samuel Sandars the collector
A few weeks ago, Cambridge University Library advertised this year’s competition for the 2014 Rose Book-Collecting Prize [entries due no later than Tuesday 14th January], […]
Continue reading »Tim Munby’s donations to Cambridge University Library
In June the Special Collections blog advertised an exhibition in the Library to coincide with a conference – held at King’s College – in honour […]
Continue reading »Recent acquisitions from the Mendham sale
In June, despite much protest from historians, academics and librarians, a significant portion of the Mendham Collection in Canterbury – which had been publicly accessible […]
Continue reading »Rose Book-Collecting Prize 2014
Cambridge University Library is delighted to open this year’s competition for the 2014 Rose Book-Collecting Prize, which offers students the chance to win £500 by […]
Continue reading »“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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