Stephen Gaselee – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

‘Scandalous & libellous books’ at the University Library

Posted on 16 January 2017 by Liam Sims

As a copyright library, and the recipient over the years of many large private collections, the University Library often receives material which it might not […]

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

Christmas cookery in the University Library

Posted on 15 December 2015 by Liam Sims

Cookery books are not, as one might expect, a modern phenomenon. Before Nigella, Delia and the great Fanny Cradock taught us all how to make […]

Christmas, Collectors and collecting, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

Cambridge connections: Trinity Hall and the University Library

Posted on 3 December 2015 by Liam Sims

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 […]

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