I want to compliment Sam Regal, Editor of Printing History (the Journal of the American Printing History Association) for being braver and franker in his introduction to the current issue about American democracy than nearly all mainstream media in this country.
Glenn Fleishman
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'The string alphabet remains a remarkable chapter in the development of tactile literacy in Scotland'
Dr Taylor Hare, Visiting Research Fellow, investigates the history of raised-letter printing in Glasgow. Read his full guest blog exploring his findings.
#RBSCG26 Registrations are OPEN!
This year's conference, on the theme 'A Sense of Place: Collections and Communities in Context', will take place at St John's College, Cambridge, 9th-11th September 2026.
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Have just finished this book & in complete agreement with the TLS review; highly recommended. Congratulations @pittsmike.bsky.social on a splendid achievement.
Guest blog by Dr.Taylor Hare, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections. Dr Hare is a Postdoctoral Fellow in English Literature at Baylor University (…
First #bookhistory post of the year. Some books simply scream for a thread!
We have two copies of the same #EarlyModern edition. Why would we want to collect two copies of the same book, you ask? Read on!
EHC Antwerp, K 54092 copy 1 and 2.
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Researchers have demonstrated a nondestructive way to collect cellular material from historical parchment manuscripts, allowing them to conduct genetic analyses that offer new insights into everything...
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Published by the Half Pint Press, London, 2017.
There were only 50 copies of this made for sale (out of a total run of 80), so I thought I’d share as much of it as I can. Numbering of fragments follows the 1982 edition.
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group
We have a new guest blog post by Visiting Research Fellow Steven J. Livesey: "Three early copies of Gilles of Corbeil’s “Versus de urinis”: examining provenance". 🔎
Check it out here:
If you’re looking for something to do this Saturday, come on by the Winterthur Library for our second annual Tattoo Inspiration Open House! 💪 It runs 11-2, and dozens of gorgeous special collections items will be on show: www.winterthur.org/calendar/art...
