A Library from libraries
This week’s posts are both focused on the historical collections of St. Andrews, look for the new bindings post on Friday! Many of the books… Read More »A Library from libraries
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52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 5
16th century French Fanfare binding This week’s fantastic binding, like Week 2, comes from the Bible collection, only this item is much bigger! St Andrews’… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 5
Code breaking and Sir Walter Raleigh
Last winter I came across a copy of the first edition of Sir Walter Raleigh’s History of the world. This book was published after Raleigh’s… Read More »Code breaking and Sir Walter Raleigh
Need help with your summer gardening or planning a home-brew?
Recently catalogued TypBL.B96EH is a volume of 11 tracts on gardening and animal husbandry dated 1578-1599. Many of these tracts include some very beautiful and… Read More »Need help with your summer gardening or planning a home-brew?
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 4
On the trail of the elusive John Murray This weeks fantastic binding is included in this longer post about the search for an unknown former… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 4
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 3
TypBE.C81LM & r17 DA300.J64 – two late 17th century Scottish bindings This week’s fantastic binding is a double feature: one item that has been in our… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 3
Rare 17th century heraldic playing cards from Edinburgh
To see an update on these cards, view this post from 1 August 2011. I recently catalogued a very interesting set of playing cards from… Read More »Rare 17th century heraldic playing cards from Edinburgh
Echoes is now on Facebook and Twitter!
Echoes from the Vault is stretching its social media legs! We can now be found on Facebook and Twitter, through the University Library’s pages. Follow… Read More »Echoes is now on Facebook and Twitter!
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 2
Bib BS2085.C27– An early 17th century dos-à-dos embroidered New Testament and Psalter This week’s fantastic binding comes from the Bible collection, and has been in… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 2
A contemporary cure for the plague
Finding marginalia and other inscriptions in our early collections is so common that we often take it for granted. However, sometimes something really spectacular pops… Read More »A contemporary cure for the plague
Re-opening of Special Collections from 27th June 2011
**re-posted from the Special Collections Department home page** Special Collections is pleased to announce the resumption of services from 27th June, after our move to… Read More »Re-opening of Special Collections from 27th June 2011
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 1
Having been inspired by a recent conference in Oxford (9 June 2011) entitled “The place of bindings in book history and bibliography: resources and research”… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 1