- The Spring Break for Booklovers virtual fair continues through 12 April over on Getman's Virtual.
- Many congratulations to Julie Nelson Davis, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow!
- From Erin Blake at The Collation, "Documenting mistakes in our documentation."
- The Grolier Club is the lucky recipient of Kenneth W. Rendell and Shirley McNerney's Collection on the Detection of Forged Handwriting.
- Peter Kidd continues his series on the dispersal of the Rodolphe Kann collection with posts on the illuminated leaves and cuttings, and an illustrated list of same.
- The Connecticut State Library has added some new digitized newspapers to Chronicling America.
- From Swann Galleries, "Lies in Publishing: Collecting False Imprints."
- Over on the AAS blog, "Continuing the Conversation: Jessica Pressman Answers Your Questions on Bookishness."
- The Middle Temple Library has a new provenance mystery for us this month.
- From the University of St Andrews blog, "Benjamin Franklin as Printer."
- Over on the Getty blog, "Female Expression in a 15th-Century Manuscript."
- David Keys writes for the Independent about recent research into the written Aztec language by Gordon Whittaker, whose book Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs is just out from the University of California Press.
Upcoming Auctions
- The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana at Sotheby's New York on 13 April.
- Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books at University Archives on 14 April.
- Books and Works on Paper at Forum Auctions on 15 April.
- Printed & Manuscript Americana at Swann Galleries on 15 April.
- Fine Press – Fine Bindings – Fine Books at PBA Galleries on 15 April.
