- The Firsts Canada virtual book fair is happening this weekend (5–7 February) and the Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair will be held next weekend, 12–15 February.
- The Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective has a new website with a gallery and links to their events.
- The Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio, with annotations believed to be those of John Milton, is now available in hi-res digital form.
- From Jill O'Neill at Scholarly Kitchen, "Revisiting Nicholson Baker and the Retention of Print."
- The Middle Temple Library blog has another provenance mystery for us this month.
- Over at Early Modern Female Book Ownership, a colorful 1699 Book of Common Prayer.
- The British Library will loan the Lindisfarne Gospels to the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle for an exhibition scheduled to open in 2022.
- From Lisa Fagin Davis at Manuscript Road Trip, "Reverse-Engineering the Codex."
- Emma Sibbald writes for the University of St Andrews special collections blog on "Miss Elizabeth Foulis, an Invisible Borrower."
- The Italian culture ministry has acquired the library and archives of Umberto Eco.
- From Erin McGuirl for the HRC's "What is Research?" series, "The women who made Selznick's screenplays."
- The Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds has acquired Charles II's copy of the 1647 Beaumont and Fletcher Comedies and Tragedies.
Upcoming Auctions
- Travel & Exploration at Bonhams London on 10 February.
- The Frank Graff Collection of Rare Valentines from the Victorian Age at PBA Galleries on 11 February.
- Niagara Falls Guinness World Record Museum Displays at Ripley Auctions on 12 February.
