Earlier this year the rare books team acquired a significant, and rather pretty, addition to its developing Bible Collection. This Bible, a 1589 folio… Read More »New Acquisitions: Hand-coloured 1589 Luther Bible
This week’s binding post is taking a slightly different turn: instead of focusing on one book, we’re looking at a collection of over 100. In,… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 46: an armorial stamp to remember an Earl by
This week’s binding post is one of the true treasures of the Rare Books collection here at St Andrews: the first edition of the Ostrog… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 44: contemporary binding of the Ostrog Bible (1581)
This week’s binding post is a heavy-weight from the Alchemy Collection. It is found on the 1561 Officina Frobeniana printing of Georg Agricola’s De re… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 43: a 16th century metallurgy bound by a 19th century professor
