- "The Booksellers" documentary is now available for streaming rental, and if you rent via this link, 50% of the proceeds go directly to the ABAA. I'm looking forward to watching later today!
- Yesterday afternoon's BSA webinar "What is a Feminist Practice in Bibliography?" was excellent. It was largely based on small-group discussion (and thus not particularly suited for video) but I found it really inspiring to hear about the great projects folks are working on.
- Dirk Obbink was arrested in March on suspicion of theft and fraud, according to the Guardian. Background and more on the ARCA blog. The arrest was first reported by the Oxford Blue, but at the time of writing their article is not currently available.
- Dawn Hoffman writes for The Collation, "Hooked on Book Furniture ..." Clasps and bosses and corners, oh my!
- Also in The Collation, Bénédicte Miyamoto on "Marks in Manuals" and Caroline Duroselle-Melish on "The Many Different Ways to Make a Lacemaking Pattern Book."
- Abram Van Engen is giving a virtual book talk about his new book City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism at the MHS on 1 May. Register (free) here.
- From Kathleen Monahan on the John J. Burns Library blog, "Virtual Reference, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Local Note."
- Over at Early Modern Female Book Ownership, a look at Thomas and Isabella Hervey's copy of Thomas More's Utopia.
- The Royal Library of Belgium has digitized 213 manuscripts from the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy.
- From the Cambridge University Library's Special Collections blog, "Spreadsheets, Shelflists & Scones: Special Collections Works from Home."
- Rebecca Rego Barry notes the ongoing celebrations marking the 500th birthday of Christophe Plantin.
- Ellen Gleason writes for the Clements Library blog about her work processing two recently-acquired whaling logbooks.
- The BL's Medieval Manuscripts blog highlights a 1547 inventory of the possessions of Henry VIII, including several extant books and manuscripts.
- From Medieval Manuscripts Provenance, the first part of a series on "A Recently Dismembered Copy of Giordana Ruffo, De Medicina Equorum."
- The Marian Library's exhibition "Mary in Miniature: Books of Hours in the Marian Library Collection" is now available for online viewing.
- Video from the ILAB seminar on COVID-19 and the antiquarian bookselling world is now available.
Upcoming Auctions (online)
- Rare Books, Autographs & Maps at Doyle New York ends on 22 April.
- Historical Manuscripts at Heritage Auctions on 22 April.
- Autograph Seeker: The Estate of Gary Combs at Doyle New York on 23 April.
- Americana from the George E. Steinmetz Collection (with additions) at PBA Galleries on 23 April.
- Books and Works on Paper at Forum Auctions on 23 April.
- Miscellaneous Books at PBA Galleries on 30 April (no catalog yet)
