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Peter Harrington is due to offer a group of original manuscripts and typescripts for Now We Are Six…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Treasures from the Mozarteum Foundation of Salzburg is a new exhibition…
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Of the 138 lots covering the history of science at PBA Galleries' August 28 auction are 18 related to Albert Einstein with 16 offprints presented to this son Hans on topics including aspects of General Relativity, early work on Unified Field Theory and the Canal Rays experiment.
A handwritten set of 17th century records of prisoners at Stafford Gaol has sold for £11,000 in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale.
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's Rare Books and Special Collections Group 2025 conference takes place September 3-5.CILIP is the professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the UK, and its Rare Books and Special Collections…
The Huntington has announced a wideranging exploration of the relationship between land, United States history, and American identities, drawing on its library and other collections.Launching this fall and continuing through 2027, THIS LAND IS… references the iconic 1940s folk song This Land Is…
A new exhibition at Princeton University Library showcases late 19th and early 20th century cartoons satirizing women’s fashion at a time when the 'New Woman' began to wear trousers, tailored jackets, and sportswear, and enter traditionally masculine spheres.
The Morgan Library & Museum has received a gift from William Palmer Johnston of works by Herman Melville constituting one of the most comprehensive collections of the author in print.The gift adds more than 200 items to an existing collection of rare Melvilliana at the Morgan featuring more…
The FBI has returned a stolen manuscript signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to the government of Mexico."This is an original manuscript page that was signed by Hernán Cortés on February 20, 1527," said Special Agent Jessica Dittmer, a member of the Bureau’s Art Crime Team currently…
Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages will showcase the many ways artists during the Middle Ages depicting the many reasons for travel and ways of undertaking it.
Forum Auctions has welcomed Vicki Wonfor as its new CEO, joining founding directors Stephan Ludwig, Rupert Powell and Poppy Walker. The appointment coincides with the firm’s ninth anniversary of its first sale in July 2016. Over the intervening years Forum - a London-based specialist…
A first edition copy of the landmark 19th century ornithological publication The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould is coming up for sale at Tennants on August 22 with an estimate of £25,000-£35,000.
