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The Hillside Railway Workshops' Library
[First, an apology to subscribers who received my previous 'post' that was nothing but a string of letters and numbers in the title. It was part of Technorati's blog verification process.]In April 2012...
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Dr Gerri Kimber, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Northampton, has uncovered a previously unknown story by Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923). Called Sumurun: An Impression of Leopold...
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Happy Birthday, Mr Pepys
Portrait by John Hayls, 1666National Portrait Gallery, LondonToday's date marks the 380th birthday anniversary of famed diarist, naval officer, and bibliophile Samuel Pepys (1633‒1703).Pepys's...
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Bought By Association
My previous post on the Dunedin City Library’s copy of Richard Knolles’s Turkish History (London, 1687) inscribed by Samuel Pepys generated some questions about how the book fit within Sir Alfred...
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Medieval Bookbindings Blog
A new blog created by Alexandra Gillespie, Associate Professor in English and Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, with contributions by Emeritus Professor Alexandra Barratt, University of...
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Catalogue of Incunabula, Dunedin City Library
Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible (ca. 1455)A few years ago I began compiling an annotated catalogue of fifteenth-century printing held by the Heritage Collections, Dunedin City Library. That work was set...
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Noah to Edward IV: The Canterbury Roll Digitised
Courtesy of the University ofCanterbury LibraryThe University of Canterbury has digitised its fifteenth-century manuscript roll, which traces the genealogy of the kings of England from Noah to Edward...
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'Published Daily, Shells Permitting': Soldiers' Newspapers in the Dunedin...
Today is Anzac Day, the national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand.* As we reflect on the sacrifices made by members of the armed forces, this week's post highlights something that...
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Alfred and Isabel Reed Medieval Manuscripts Online
Leaf from a French Book of Hours,fifteenth century (RMMF19)It gives me great pleasure to announce that images and descriptions of the Dunedin City Library's holdings of medieval manuscripts from the...
View ArticleUpcoming Rare Book Auctions - Australia
~ On 27 and 28 May, in three sessions, Australian Book Auctions offers 'Voyages and Travels and other Books and Documents'. The three books bringing the highest estimates are: a large paper copy of...
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Samuel Pepys, William Hewer & Ogilby's Bible
On 23 February, I wrote about a copy of Richard Knolles's Turkish History (London, 1687) owned and inscribed by Samuel Pepys (1633‒1703) to highlight the 380th anniversary of the great book collector's...
View ArticleFarewell, New Zealand, and Hello, Australia
A quick note to say Antipodean Footnotes will be on hiatus for a while. I am relocating to Melbourne, Australia, on 10 June, and starting in a new position (Deputy Curator, special collections,...
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Upcoming Rare Book/ Bibliographical Events in Australia
I'm back with a few announcements. Still settling in and finding my way in Melbourne, but I hope to return to a normal blogging schedule in a few weeks' time. Until then...The Melbourne Rare Book Week...
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600 Years of Italian Books Exhibition, University of Melbourne
The latest exhibition in the Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, is ‘Libri: Six Centuries of Italian Books from the Baillieu Library’s Special Collections’. The display, on view in the Leigh...
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'In Her Hand: Letters of Romantic-Era British Women Writers in New Zealand...
[This was a project I was fortunate enough to be involved in before leaving New Zealand. Well done to Tom McLean and Shef Rogers (Department of English, University of Otago) for putting together such a...
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Library Discovery Sheds Light on Indigenous Australian Languages
[By Nate Pedersen, posted on Fine Books Blog]'Map of New South Wales as Occupied by Native Tribes'Serendipity has always played an important role in the lives of book collectors and scholars. One day...
View ArticlePetition Against Proposed Sale by Senate House Library of Its Four...
[Reposted from The Fine Books Blog]Word circulated on several electronic discussion lists yesterday that London's Senate House Library--the central library of the University of London--plans to sell...
View ArticleUpdate: Shakespeare Folios and Senate House Library
[Posted on SHARP-L by Simon Eliot, Professor of the History of the Book at the School of Advanced Study, University of London]Decision on Shakespeare FoliosThe University of London this evening...
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'Wants E8', or Does It?: The Melbourne Copy of the Gesta Romanorum
While working through the University of Melbourne incunabula, I happened upon a rather interesting printing error in one of the library's two fifteenth-century copies (in different editions) of the...
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2014 AU/ NZ Rare Books Summer School Schedule Announced
[The following was posted on the ANZ Rare Books and Special Collections Librarians listserv by Des Cowley, Rare Printed Collections Manager, State Library of Victoria]The State Library of Victoria is...
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