The library of Gabriel Harvey
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 […]
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Aldus Manutius (1452? – 6 February 1515) : A humanist printer for humanist readers. Aldine editions at Cambridge University Library
The 500th anniversary of Aldus Manutius’s death on 6 February 1515 (Incunabula Project Blog) is celebrated this year by libraries and institutions all over the […]
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Robert Hooke and his Micrographia
When Samuel Pepys strode through the City of London to visit his bookseller – a journey he made frequently – on 2 January 1665, he […]
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Charles Sayle (1864-1924): poet, bibliographer & librarian
Charles Edward Sayle – poet, bibliographer and librarian – was born 150 years ago on this day in 1864. His surname may be familiar to […]
Continue reading »Recent Acquisitions: Printed Books
A previous post about the current exhibition in the entrance hall, Scribes and Printers, features recent acquisitions by the Department of Manuscripts. This post, in […]
Continue reading »Private Lives of Print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550
The Library’s latest exhibition Private Lives of Print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550 is now open to the public. Over fifty incunabula are […]
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A presentation copy from Oscar Wilde
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 […]
Continue reading »Ukraine Abroad: the Yakimiuk Collection
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 […]
Continue reading »Cambridge Incunabula Masterclass – An Early Printed Herbal in Context: Illustration of the Herbarius latinus
On Tuesday 2 September 2014 Cambridge University Library will be holding its 16th masterclass as part of the Incunabula Project. The masterclass, entitled “An Early […]
Continue reading »‘The necklace of her kingdom’: Elizabeth I and Cambridge
In August 1564 – 450 years ago this month – Queen Elizabeth I visited Cambridge for the first time during her reign. The town was […]
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