Incunabula – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

The legacy of Francis Jenkinson: a symposium

Posted on 7 August 2023 by James Freeman

‘The care of books is a difficult business’, remarked Francis Jenkinson in his presidential address to the annual meeting of the Library Association in 1905 […]

Anniversaries, Archives, Collectors and collecting, Conservation, Digital Resources, Events, Fragments, Incunabula, Library history, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Family Fun: Manuscripts by Candlelight

Posted on 13 April 2019 by James Freeman

Next Wednesday (17th April) sees the return of Manuscripts by Candlelight at the University Library. This event first took place as part of Twilight at the Museums […]

Events, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Music

Printing R-Evolution and Society 1450-1500: a conference reflection

Posted on 8 November 2018 by Emily Dourish

Venice showed itself at its most beautiful in late September when hosting a gathering of over 100 academics, librarians, members of the book trade and […]

Digital Resources, Incunabula, Library history, Rare Books

Material Evidence in Incunabula – guest post

Posted on 18 September 2018 by Special Collections

The following post has been written by Ester Peric, an intern in the Rare Books Department for the month of August updating MEI records (material […]

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

Reading Euclid at Cambridge

Posted on 4 June 2018 by Liam Sims

Euclid’s Elements of Geometry is the subject of the current exhibition in the Library’s Entrance Hall display cases, which runs until 27th June. Written by […]

Collectors and collecting, Exhibitions, Incunabula, Rare Books, Special Collections

Gustave David (1860–1936): the Cambridge bookseller

Posted on 20 November 2016 by Liam Sims

Cambridge has a long history of bookselling, stretching back well before the advent of printing into the mists of medieval time. Books were first printed […]

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

First Impressions: The Gutenberg Bible

Posted on 12 November 2016 by James Freeman

Our eighth and final ‘Treasures of the University Library’ talk was given by Dr Emily Dourish, Deputy Head of Rare Books:

Cambridge Digital Library, Incunabula, Rare Books, Uncategorized

Borrowing back a book

Posted on 24 October 2016 by Jill Whitelock

Image: Detail of a 16th-century woodcut showing the Schools quadrangle with Rotherham’s library above (Sel.3.229) The first record of a book being borrowed from Cambridge […]

600th anniversary, Incunabula, Rare Books

Treasures of the University Library: don’t miss out!

Posted on 30 September 2016 by James Freeman

Would you like the opportunity to come face-to-face with some of the most precious items from Cambridge University Library’s collections? To celebrate our 600th anniversary, […]

600th anniversary, Cambridge Digital Library, Chinese, Darwin Correspondence Project, Events, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Maps, Music, Near and Middle Eastern, Rare Books, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

‘That noble cabinet’: the British Museum and its links with Cambridge

Posted on 31 March 2016 by Liam Sims

This week is Museum Week, which seems like an excellent occasion to look at books in the University Library with connections to our national museum […]

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

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