- From Rebecca Rego Barry in Lapham's Quarterly, "Rebuilding Jane Austen's Library," about a digital recreation of Austen's brother's library at Godmersham Park.
- The Salem News reports that the Massachusetts Attorney General is reviewing the Peabody Essex Museum's decision to move most of the Phillips Library collections to Rowley.
- Sean Moore talked to "New Books in History" about his Slavery and the Making of Early American Libraries.
- Lisa Fagin Davis writes on "Fragmentology in the Wild" over on Manuscript Road Trip, providing an update on efforts to digitally reconstruct manuscripts dismembered by Otto Ege. And there's more from Peter Kidd on the same topic, too.
- Over at American Book Collecting, "We Are Many."
- At Early Modern Female Book Ownership, Joanna Rozendaal on Dutch bibliophile Maria Elisabeth de Wale, whose library included more than 6,000 books when it was sold in 1755.
- The Apollo 11 Timeline Book failed to sell at Christie's this week, being brought in at $5 million.
- News this week that CABS will relocate to Minnesota beginning in 2020; will share more details as they are available.
Review
- John Taliferro's Grinnell; review by Dennis Drabelle in the WaPo.
Upcoming Auctions
- A Mystic Collection: Early Books at Skinner, Inc. on 23 July (moved from 18 July).
- Printed Books, Documents, Maps & Caricatures at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 24 July.
- Books and Works on Paper at Forum Auctions (online) on 25 July.
- Art & Illustration – Fine Books at PBA Galleries on 25 July.
