Coming up next weekend, it's the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in St. Petersburg. Very much worth visiting if you can!
- Over at Medieval Manuscripts Provenance, an examination of a fifteenth-century Sarum Breviary at Douai.
- Emily Wahl writes for The Collation about the Folger's British Book Illustrations project, which is funding the digitization and indexing of woodcut and engraved illustrations in seventeenth-century British and English-language books.
- Also for The Collation, Lauren Liebe on "The Evolution of Collection Practices: A Case Study."
- Barbara Basbanes Richter posts on literary forgeries over at the Fine Books Blog, noting the publication of the new collection Literary Forgery in Early Modern Europe (JHUP).
- The Library of Congress has announced a number of public events to mark the bicentennial of Walt Whitman's birth.
- Jake Gibbs has published his bibliography of the Little Blue Books, which will be an invaluable resource. See also Rebecca Rego Barry's post on the Fine Books Blog.
- Bryn Hoffman writes for the Book and Paper Fairs blog about recent trends in the rare book trade and the collecting world.
Review
- Leo Damrosch's The Club; review by Michael Dirda in the WaPo.
Upcoming Auctions
- Bibliothèque Guy Bigorie at ALDE on 25 April.
- The Magic Collection of Ray Goulet at Potter & Potter on 27 April.
- Fine Books and Manuscripts at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers on 1 May.
- Rare Americana, including California & the West at PBA Galleries on 2 May.
- Books and Works on Paper (online) at Forum Auctions on 2 May.
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Links & Auctions
- Alison Flood writes for the Guardian about the recent identification of a volume of the Libro de los Epítomes, containing summaries of volumes from the great library of Hernando Colón, in the Arnamagnæan Collection in Copenhagen. Another fourteen of the sixteen volumes are at the Biblioteca Colombiana in Seville - one remains missing. See also the announcement from the Arnamagnæan Institute, and the story from the Windsor Star featuring the history professor, Guy Lazare, who made the initial identification.
- Videos from the March ILAB/ABAA/Grolier Club symposium "Who Owned This?" are now available on Vimeo. Highly recommended.
- Also now available on YouTube, Will Noel's Sandars Lectures on "The Medieval Manuscript and its Digital Image."
- Lucas Baumann writes for Sotheby's about the recent repatriation of more than 600 volumes to the Universitäts und Landesbibliothek Bonn (ULB); the books had been offered for consignment from an individual in Belgium. See also Catherine Hickley's report for the Art Newspaper which goes into a bit more detail.
- Over on Past is Present, Lauren Hewes has a great post about AAS receptionist Sally Talbot's work on creating a name list for the Society's collection of loose American bookplates. After nearly five years at it, Sally recently completed her inventory of the personal bookplates, all 21,048 of them! The name list and an Excel file with more info are now available on the AAS website. Thank you, Sally!
- Two dozen EU countries signed a Declaration of Cooperation on 9 April relating to the digitization of cultural heritage materials.
- The HRC has acquired the archive of novelist Rachel Cusk.
- Quite a piece by Aaron Skirboll in the Daily Beast about the later exploits of the man who attempted to steal the Gutenberg Bible from Harvard's Widener Library in 1969.
- The Washington Post has a report on the upcoming major renovations at the Folger Shakespeare Library. See also the Folger's webpage on the project.
- Michael Dirda has short reviews of several recent books about books in the WaPo.
Upcoming Auctions
- Printed & Manuscript Americana at Swann Galleries on 16 April.
- Rare Books, Autographs & Maps at Doyle New York on 17 April.
- Travel & Exploration – World History – Cartography at PBA Galleries on 18 April.
- Videos from the March ILAB/ABAA/Grolier Club symposium "Who Owned This?" are now available on Vimeo. Highly recommended.
- Also now available on YouTube, Will Noel's Sandars Lectures on "The Medieval Manuscript and its Digital Image."
- Lucas Baumann writes for Sotheby's about the recent repatriation of more than 600 volumes to the Universitäts und Landesbibliothek Bonn (ULB); the books had been offered for consignment from an individual in Belgium. See also Catherine Hickley's report for the Art Newspaper which goes into a bit more detail.
- Over on Past is Present, Lauren Hewes has a great post about AAS receptionist Sally Talbot's work on creating a name list for the Society's collection of loose American bookplates. After nearly five years at it, Sally recently completed her inventory of the personal bookplates, all 21,048 of them! The name list and an Excel file with more info are now available on the AAS website. Thank you, Sally!
- Two dozen EU countries signed a Declaration of Cooperation on 9 April relating to the digitization of cultural heritage materials.
- The HRC has acquired the archive of novelist Rachel Cusk.
- Quite a piece by Aaron Skirboll in the Daily Beast about the later exploits of the man who attempted to steal the Gutenberg Bible from Harvard's Widener Library in 1969.
- The Washington Post has a report on the upcoming major renovations at the Folger Shakespeare Library. See also the Folger's webpage on the project.
- Michael Dirda has short reviews of several recent books about books in the WaPo.
Upcoming Auctions
- Printed & Manuscript Americana at Swann Galleries on 16 April.
- Rare Books, Autographs & Maps at Doyle New York on 17 April.
- Travel & Exploration – World History – Cartography at PBA Galleries on 18 April.
Sunday, April 07, 2019
Links & Reviews
- Over at Sammelband, Kate Ozment on "Why it Matters: Teaching Women Bibliographers," which includes the full texts of the excellent daily Women's History Month Profiles posted during March.
- From Heather Wolfe at The Collation, "Uncancelling the cancelled: recovering obliterated owners of old books."
- The Lilly Library will undergo a $10.9 million renovation thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
- The British Library has acquired a tenth-century Anglo-Saxon manuscript leaf, from the estate of Stephen Keynes.
- Terena Bell writes for the Guardian about Alan Gribben's study of Mark Twain's library and reading habits.
- Jim Dwyer wrote for the NYTimes about a recent last-minute rescue of some historical bank records in New York City.
- Jessica Leigh Hester has a piece in Atlas Obscura about miniature almanacs, based largely on the miniature books exhibition now on at the Grolier Club.
Reviews
- Stuart Kells' Shakespeare's Library and Margaret Leslie Davis' The Lost Gutenberg; review by Rebecca Rego Barry on the Fine Books Blog.
- Leo Damrosch's The Club; review by Lyndall Gordon in the NYTimes.
- David Blight's Frederick Douglass; review by Manisha Sinha in the TLS.
Upcoming Auctions
- Printed Books & Maps; Travel & Exploration; Geology & Charles Darwin at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 10 April.
- Vintage Cameras & Photographs; Autographs, Stamps & Ephemera; Bookbinding Equipment & Accessories at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 11 April.
- Atlas – Cartes – Livres de Voyages at ALDE on 12 April.
- From Heather Wolfe at The Collation, "Uncancelling the cancelled: recovering obliterated owners of old books."
- The Lilly Library will undergo a $10.9 million renovation thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
- The British Library has acquired a tenth-century Anglo-Saxon manuscript leaf, from the estate of Stephen Keynes.
- Terena Bell writes for the Guardian about Alan Gribben's study of Mark Twain's library and reading habits.
- Jim Dwyer wrote for the NYTimes about a recent last-minute rescue of some historical bank records in New York City.
- Jessica Leigh Hester has a piece in Atlas Obscura about miniature almanacs, based largely on the miniature books exhibition now on at the Grolier Club.
Reviews
- Stuart Kells' Shakespeare's Library and Margaret Leslie Davis' The Lost Gutenberg; review by Rebecca Rego Barry on the Fine Books Blog.
- Leo Damrosch's The Club; review by Lyndall Gordon in the NYTimes.
- David Blight's Frederick Douglass; review by Manisha Sinha in the TLS.
Upcoming Auctions
- Printed Books & Maps; Travel & Exploration; Geology & Charles Darwin at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 10 April.
- Vintage Cameras & Photographs; Autographs, Stamps & Ephemera; Bookbinding Equipment & Accessories at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 11 April.
- Atlas – Cartes – Livres de Voyages at ALDE on 12 April.
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