- The Morgan Library & Museum has acquired a manuscript leaf by the Master of Catherine of Cleves.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge's coffin was recently identified in a crypt at St. Michael's Church in Highgate.
- Meaghan Brown highlights some free (and very handy) digital resources for early modern historical and literary research.
- Megan Hahn Fraser interviews Tom Knoles for Past is Present. The March 2018 AAS Almanac is also available.
- Rebecca Rego Barry rounds up some recently-published books on books.
- Kate Ozment has been compiling a Google Spreadsheet of women bibliographers, and continues to welcome contributions.
- Francis Wahlgren has joined Leslie Hindman Auctioneers as an exclusive consultant for its fine books and manuscripts department.
- Honglan Huang writes for the Yale Book History blog about Mary Serjant's seventeenth-century copybook.
- Sarah Laskow profiles "book towns" for Atlas Obscura.
- New from Oak Knoll and the Clements Library, The Pioneer Americanists: Early Collectors, Dealers, and Bibliographers.
- David Levy reports for the HRC blog about a T.J. Wise "sophistication" he found while researching Hoyle at the Ransom Center.
- The Chicago Botanic Garden has received an NEH grant to conserve and digitize its collection of rare books and manuscripts.
- Over on the Houghton Library blog, they've posted a few unidentified film stills; if you can help puzzle out the subjects, please do!
- Radio New Zealand reports on worries that the University of Auckland may literally incinerate thousands of books as it closes several libraries.
- David Whitesell writes for Notes from Under Grounds about the winners of the 52nd UVA student book collecting contest.
- A movie based on a 2004 Transylvania University special collections theft, "American Animals," opens in theaters on 1 June. Troubling, frankly, that anybody will be profiting off this attack, which left a librarian injured.
Reviews
- Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies; review by PD Smith in the Guardian.
- Alberto Manguel's Packing my Library; review by Claire Armitstead in the Guardian.
- Richard Powers' The Overstory; review by Barbara Kingsolver in the NYTimes.
- Jenny Uglow's Mr. Lear; review by Michael Dirda in the WaPo.
Upcoming Auctions
- The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks at Swann Galleries on 19 April.
- Livres Anciens & Manuscrits at Aguttes on 19 April.
- Illustrated & Children's Books - Fine Printing - Art & Photography - Books about Books at PBA Galleries on 19 April.
- Books and Documents at Australian Book Auctions on 23 April.
- Rare Books, Autographs & Maps at Doyle New York on 25 April.
- Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics at Swann Galleries on 26 April.
- Spring Magic Auction at Potter & Potter on 28 April.
