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 […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »A remarkable collector
The North Front corridor cases are currently displaying 16 volumes from a truly remarkable set of facsimiles, given to the Library in 2011 by Darko and Petra […]
Continue reading »‘Shelf Lives’ round-up
As the ‘Shelf Lives’ exhibition draws to a close (Sat 16 June is the last day), here’s a round-up of more posts on the theme […]
Continue reading »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 »Matthew Parker as collector: the ones that got away I
There are still a couple of weeks left to see the ‘Shelf Lives’ exhibition at the University Library, which closes on 16 June. And in […]
Continue reading »Cambridge collectors: The last of his kind: George Parker Bidder
The University Library’s exhibition ‘Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books’ runs for another six weeks until 16 June 2012. Dawn Moutrey continues […]
Continue reading »Cambridge collectors: Origins of the Whipple
Dawn Moutrey continues our theme of Cambridge collectors with a post on the origin of the Whipple Library in the collection of Robert Stewart Whipple. […]
Continue reading »‘Shelf Lives’: Does size matter?
Dominique Ruhlmann of Trinity Hall Library continues the ‘Shelf Lives’ theme with her feature on a letter of advice from Charles Dickens to his son […]
Continue reading »Cambridge collectors: The Steward Collection
Our theme of Cambridge collectors, accompanying the current exhibition ‘Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books’, continues with a post by Dawn Moutrey […]
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