Gustave David (1860–1936): the Cambridge bookseller
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 […]
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First pop-up talk in Rare Books – Come and hear about the first images printed in colour in England
The Book of Saint Albans (or Boke of Seynt Albans) is the common title of a 1486 book, a compilation of matters relating to the […]
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Cambridge connections: Trinity Hall and the University Library
About sixty years before the University had its own purpose-built library, William Bateman (Bishop of Norwich) founded Trinity Hall in Cambridge. It remains one of […]
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 […]
Continue reading »Incunables Masterclass, 1 November 2011
On Tuesday 1 November 2011, the Library will be holding its second masterclass as part of the Incunabula Project. Prof. David McKitterick, Librarian at Trinity […]
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On 7 June the incunabulist Paul Needham, Scheide Librarian at Princeton University, will give a masterclass at Cambridge University Library on collation and composition in […]
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