One hears of significant rumblings from within the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS) and looks forward to learning more ...
- Next up on Getman's Virtual, the Ephemera Society's Virtual Ephemera Fair, on 20–22 March.
- Catherine Sutherland at Magdalene College Cambridge has identified books in the collections annotated by Mary Astell!
- The great researchers at Letterlocking have managed to virtually read a folded, unopened letter. See their article in Nature Communications.
- From Jennifer Schuessler for the NYTimes, "Is a Long-Dismissed Forgery Actually the Oldest Known Biblical Manuscript?" See also Idan Dershowitz's article "The Valediction of Moses: New Evidence on the Shapira Deuteronomy Fragments."
- From Peter Kidd, "A Byzantine Miniature on a Leaf from the Forrer Collection" and "One More Montbaston Bible Historiale Cutting."
- Over at Book Historia, "Books Without Books: Digitally Communicating Materiality."
- Anne Bromer writes on "Easter Island and its Books."
- Jim Hinck has a viaLibri Beta update for us.
- From the BL's Medieval Manuscripts blog, "The curious AB-script."
- New from the Internet Archive, "Search Scholarly Materials Preserved in the Internet Archive."
Upcoming Auctions
- Lettres & Autographes Manuscrits at Ader on 16 March.
- Bibliothèque Gastronomique & Oenologique de Max Cointreau at ALDE on 17 March.
- Bibliothèque Humaniste Max Cointreau at ALDE on 18 March.
- Autographes & Manuscrits at Aguttes on 18 March.
- Maps and Atlases at Forum Auctions on 18 March.
- Fine Literature with Beats, Bukowski & the Counterculture at PBA Galleries on 18 March.
- Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers on 19 March.
