Show and Tell – Bird Books and Resources
In mid-May we held our final Show and Tell of the semester, following on from our previous event about treasures discovered by the Lighting… Read More »Show and Tell – Bird Books and Resources
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Botanic Garden Visit to Special Collections
On Saturday we welcomed to Special Collections a group who had stayed on in Scotland after the joint meeting of the Linnaeus Link and European… Read More »Botanic Garden Visit to Special Collections
Reading the Collections, Week 16: Kew Gardens
“The petals were voluminous enough to be stirred by the summer breeze, and when they moved, the red, blue and yellow lights passed one over… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 16: Kew Gardens
400 years of metamorphosis: Theodor de Bry and Natalie Taylor on Jaques le Moyne De Morgues
In November 2011 a post on this blog highlighted Theodor de Bry’s Grand Voyages. This is a hefty and multi-faceted tome, and, as a reprographic… Read More »400 years of metamorphosis: Theodor de Bry and Natalie Taylor on Jaques le Moyne De Morgues
Albert Robida’s Le Vingtième siècle
While preparing material for an upcoming session of the Honours course “Print Culture in Britain, 1750-1900”, taught by Aileen Fyfe, our Rare Books Librarian, Elizabeth… Read More »Albert Robida’s Le Vingtième siècle