- From Vayos Liapis at the OUP blog: "The real thing: the thrills of inauthentic literature."
- Erin Blake writes for The Collation about an ~1857 photographic facsimile, one of the first made of an entire book.
- A walking stick once owned by Sir Walter Scott will be on the auction block this week.
- The Godmersham Lost Sheep Society is on the hunt for books containing the bookplate(s) of Montagu George Knight.
- The first issue of Thresholds, a new "experiment in digital publishing," is out.
- A crowdfunding effort is underway to digitize and make available the slide collection of Christopher Clarkson.
- Danuta Kean reports for the Guardian on the latest Voynich Manuscript theory.
- Echoes from the Vault marked the 330th anniversary of the publication of Newton's Principia.
- The Library of Congress has posted video of an April talk by Wayne Wiegand, "How Long, O Lord, Do We Roam in the Wilderness? A History of School Librarianship."
- From FB&C, "The Lost Libraries of London," by A. N. Devers.
- An 1812 Jane Austen letter parodying a recent novel will be sold at auction this week.
- Mississippi State University has acquired a large collection related to Lincoln and the Civil War.
- The JTA highlights Amsterdam's Livraria Ets Haim, described as "the world's oldest functioning Jewish library."
- Some recent finds from a study of Cornell's illuminated manuscripts using XRF technology are featured in the Cornell Chronicle.
- New from the Massachusetts Historical Society, and freely available as an e-book, "The Future of History."
- Also from MHS, a new fundraising campaign to support transcription and digitization of John Quincy Adams' diaries.
- From the NYTimes Upshot blog, "The Word Choices That Explain Why Jane Austen Endures."
- Over on the Scholars' Lab blog, James Ascher posts on "Transcribing Typography with Markdown."
- Forgot this last week: a photo claimed to be of Jesse James has surfaced, and will be sold at auction on August.
Reviews
- William Hogeland's Autumn of the Black Snake; review by Tom Cutterham at The Junto.
- Rebecca Brannon's From Revolution to Revolution; review by Christopher Minty at The Junto.
- Abigail Williams' The Social Life of Books; review by Ernest Hilbert in the WaPo.
Upcoming Auctions
- English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations, including The Garrett Herman Collection: The Age of Darwin at Sotheby's London on 11 July.
- Valuable Books and Manuscripts at Christie's London on 12 July.
- Art & Illustration - Fine Children's Literature at PBA Galleries on 13 July.
