Meet your rare anatomy books
On 21st January we held our first outreach session of the year: Meet your rare anatomy books. This event gave staff and students from the… Read More »Meet your rare anatomy books
Rare Book Collection
Turn over a new leaf – Veganuary
The Veganuary campaign is encouraging people to go vegan for the month of January. In recognition of this campaign the Main Library will have on… Read More »Turn over a new leaf – Veganuary
Donaldson Collection – fully classified after 104 years
The books in the Donaldson Collection, which was bequeathed to the Library by Principal Sir James Donaldson in 1915, have finally been fully classified to… Read More »Donaldson Collection – fully classified after 104 years
Advent Calendar: 24 December – Snap-dragons, a tale of Christmas eve
Front cover and illustrations from Juliana Horatia Ewing’s Snap-dragons: a tale of Christmas eve; and, Old Father Christmas (Chi PZ7.E85S63). ‘Snap Dragons’ was originally published… Read More »Advent Calendar: 24 December – Snap-dragons, a tale of Christmas eve
Advent Calendar: 23 December – Mistletoe
Engraved illustration of mistletoe from Elizabeth Blackwell’s A Curious Herbal, published in 1739 (sf QK99.B5 Volume 1). Mistletoe has long been associated with Christmas –… Read More »Advent Calendar: 23 December – Mistletoe
Advent Calendar: 22 December – The Ruhleben Camp magazine
Illustration ‘The Christmas Pudding’ from the The Ruhleben Camp magazine, Christmas Issue, 1916 (r DG3A15). Ruhleben Gefangenenlager (British Civilian Internment Camp) was established after the… Read More »Advent Calendar: 22 December – The Ruhleben Camp magazine
Advent Calendar: 19 December – Snow Queen
Illustration of the Snow Queen from Andrew Lang’s The Pink Fairy Book published in 1897 (Lan PZ8.L2P5). The original fairy tale of the Snow Queen… Read More »Advent Calendar: 19 December – Snow Queen
Advent Calendar: 13 December – Reindeer
Illustration of a reindeer from one the engraved plates in Johannes Schefferus’ Lapponia, a history of Northern Scandinavia and the Sami people. A noted Swedish… Read More »Advent Calendar: 13 December – Reindeer
Advent Calendar: 11 December – Christmas Tree
Colour illustration of a Christmas tree from The Gift Book for all Seasons: A book of Instruction and Amusement for All Young People, 1860 (rper… Read More »Advent Calendar: 11 December – Christmas Tree
Advent Calendar: 9 December – ‘Christmas Chants’
The Scottish folklorist Alexander Carmichael edited the songs, lore and poems of the Gaelic speaking regions of Scotland in the work Carmina Gadelica, 1900 (r… Read More »Advent Calendar: 9 December – ‘Christmas Chants’
Advent Calendar: 7 December – A Christmas Carol
Title page and frontispiece from A Christmas Carol in prose by Charles Dickens, c.1885 (s PR4557.C5). A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story… Read More »Advent Calendar: 7 December – A Christmas Carol
Advent Calendar: 6 December – Robin
Illustration of the robin or robin redbreast (Erithacus rubecula) from the hand-coloured engraved plates of Prideaux John Selby’s Illustrations of British ornithology, published in 1841… Read More »Advent Calendar: 6 December – Robin