Category: Collectors and collecting

Ornaments to be engrav’d

Posted on 7 April 2015 by Special Collections

The Library recently acquired a collection of about fifty wholly engraved books, that is books in which both text and illustration are printed from intaglio […]

Collectors and collecting, Exhibitions, Historical Printing, Rare Books, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections

A book from J. S. Bach’s library

Posted on 31 March 2015 by Liam Sims

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 […]

Collectors and collecting, German, Music, Rare Books, Special Collections

The library of Gabriel Harvey

Posted on 19 March 2015 by Liam Sims

Discoveries are made frequently in libraries, and the University Library is no exception. Staff and readers alike may call up a volume which has been […]

Collectors and collecting, Library history, Rare Books, Special Collections

Robert Hooke and his Micrographia

Posted on 12 January 2015 by Liam Sims

When Samuel Pepys strode through the City of London to visit his bookseller – a journey he made frequently – on 2 January 1665, he […]

Collectors and collecting, Exhibitions, Library history, Rare Books, Special Collections

Charles Sayle (1864-1924): poet, bibliographer & librarian

Posted on 6 December 2014 by Liam Sims

Charles Edward Sayle – poet, bibliographer and librarian – was born 150 years ago on this day in 1864. His surname may be familiar to […]

Collectors and collecting, Incunabula, Library history, Manuscripts, Poetry, Rare Books, Special Collections

A presentation copy from Oscar Wilde

Posted on 16 October 2014 by Liam Sims

Having been reminded by the BBC and British Library this morning that today is the 160th anniversary of the birth of the Irish writer and […]

Collectors and collecting, Rare Books, Special Collections

Ukraine Abroad: the Yakimiuk Collection

Posted on 15 September 2014 by John Wells

A guest post by Mel Bach of the Library’s European Collections and Cataloguing Department. An exhibition of material from the library of Peter Yakimiuk, donated […]

Collectors and collecting, Exhibitions, Rare Books