September 11, 2020 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Video Fridays: Conserving Rare Books at King’s College, Cambridge

Spend nine minutes gazing at some beautiful books and learning how King’s College Library conserves a collection of rare English literature and theology books that belonged to an early nineteenth-century college provost. A First Folio and Jane Austen first editions are among them.

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Exhibitions

Eric Carle, illustration for The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

Eric Carle’s Modernist Inspirations Leads Museum's 2026-27 Exhibition Schedule

Influence of Music on the Work of Jerry Pinkney Exhibition Opens

Beauties of My Style

Photographs

Max Desfor's Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea (1951 Pulitzer Prize)

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs to Auction

International Center of Photography Focuses on Yves Saint Laurent and Photography

Signed Authors’ Photographs: Five Rare Photos for Collectors

Sponsored

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, At the South Pole.

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Americana

Early Philadelphia Museum trade card for Bowen's Exhibition of Wax-Work and Paintings, ca. 1792-93

Rare Mormon Volumes Lead Early American Printing Auction

Manuscript of Songs Written During Charles Wilkes’ Antarctica Expedition Acquired by Library of Congress

Washington, Franklin, and King George III Lead 'Spirit of '76: America's 250th Anniversary' Auction

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Auctions

Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–253) Homilia in Genesim, Homiliae in Exodum, in Latin, translation by Rufinus, decorated manuscript on parchment [Austria, Lambach Abbey? c. 1150–1175]. Estimate: $150,000-$200,000.

12th century Copy of Origen’s Homilies on the Bible Leads Freeman’s Sale

Rare Group of JRR Tolkien Inscribed Books and Letters to Auction

Margaret Thatcher Leadership Campaign Archive to Auction

Book People

Paul Newman as the American Library Association's 1986 poster celebrity

American Library Association 'Read' Posters to Auction

Collectors Share Their Bookplates

Bright Young Collectors: Nadeem Toodayan

Visual Art

Unidentified artist, Rosenwald Tarot, Italy, Florence, ca. 1500

New Exhibition Explores History and Impact of Tarot Since the Renaissance

Political Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors

Grinch 60th Anniversary Art Leeds Animation and Comic Art Auction

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601

Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Rare Books

One of a collection of nine peepshows

Tea Act, Peepshows, and Kubrick's 'Napoleon' Script: The Week in Rare Books

'Encyclopaedia Britannica': Rare Book of the Week

Private Press: Five Rare Books for Collectors