A binding for the organist John Bull (1562/3-1628)
The virtuoso composer, musician and organ builder John Bull (who probably spent some time at the University of Cambridge) died on this day in 1628. […]
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New old books: February 2016
The second instalment of our monthly series listing additions to the Rare Books collections. This month we feature Greek philosophy as read in sixteenth-century France, […]
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How (and when) to visit the Fitzwilliam museum…in the 1850s.
Many of you will have seen that the Fitzwilliam museum turned 200 earlier this month. How would visitors born, like the museum, 200 years ago, […]
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Malthus in Cambridge
On this day in 1766 – 250 years ago – was born Thomas Robert Malthus, for whom bells rang out in Cambridge yesterday. A scholar, cleric and […]
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A pipeline from heaven: eight centuries of Dominican books
In 2016 Dominican friars celebrate the 800th anniversary of the foundation of their order. To mark the event, Cambridge University Library is hosting A pipeline […]
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New old books: January 2016
The Rare Books Department of the Library purchases over 200 printed books each year to enhance its historical collections. In the first of what we […]
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The Signal: the magazine of the brave
We have a new collection coming to Rare Books. It will take some time before it will be available to see in our reading room, […]
Continue reading »Friends of the University Library event: Archbishop Matthew Parker, patron of bookbinding
On Wednesday, 3rd February, Professor Mirjam Foot, Emeritus Professor of Library & Archive Studies at University College, London, will give a talk for the Friends […]
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A. N. L. Munby’s Christmas ghost stories
A. N. L. ‘Tim’ Munby (1913-1974), who has featured on these pages before, has at least two connections with Christmas. Most importantly, he was born […]
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His royal favour: science, communication and livres d’apparat.
The current exhibition His royal favour: The books that built the Library celebrates the outstanding collection of John Moore, Bishop of Ely, (1646–1714). Bought by King […]
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