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A new exhibition at Princeton University Library showcases late 19th and early 20th century…
The Morgan Library & Museum has received a gift from William Palmer Johnston of works by Herman…
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Highlights of Sotheby's' Fine Books and Manuscripts auction on June 26 include: * manuscript document on vellum, written by Manoel I, King of Portugal in a clear court hand, signed ("El Rey") conferring a noble title to Vasco da Gama, Evora, 29 December 1519, with pendant wax royal seal, in…
The Huntington will begin an extensive renovation of its Library building in spring 2026 to revitalize the Library’s exhibition halls and replace outdated back-of-house space with modern facilities serving both the Library and Art Museum.
The British Library has acquired the archive of pioneering Black playwright Mustapha Matura made up of 18 boxes of papers and born digital content on two hard drives and 176 floppy disks.The archive predominantly consists of literary drafts for all Matura’s plays, unpublished and unrealised scripts…
Leading Christie’s' Classic Week next month is Cecco di Ronchitti da Bruzene. Dialogo in perpuosito de la stella nuova, the first published work attributed to Galileo Galilei.
The J. Paul Getty Museum has been gifted 38 manuscript leaves made by Italian artists from the 12th to 17th centuries, largely for Christian choir books and depicting religious scenes mostly drawn from the lives of Jesus, Mary, and the saints.
Oxford Libararies Architecture by Geoffrey Tyack with photography by Dan Paton is not technically rare since it's due to be published later this week, but it is a marvellous volume of interest to readers of Fine Books & Collections.
More than a century after he was officially excluded, the British Library plans to symbolically reinstate the revoked Reader Pass that belonged to Oscar Wilde.
The largest collection of Cassandra Austen's artwork is on display at Jane Austen's House until September.The most well known of Cassandra’s surviving art are her family portraits, including her unfinished sketch of her sister Jane. The Art of Cassandra brings together 10 of her pieces,…
An ornate 1636 prayer book has been restored and returned to public exhibition with the help of a pioneering archaeological facility at the University of Exeter.Embroidered with silver and gold thread and one of very few of its kind to survive, the volume is housed at the stately home of Lanhydrock…
The National Library of Scotland centenary celebrations continue with the opening today of a new exhibition celebrating all kinds of libraries and the books that shape us.
