CHESHIRE.- The library at the National Trust’s Lyme Park has been restored and is home once again to the Caxton Missal. A three year project to return a unique book to the library at Lyme Park and restore the room to its 19th century glory has fin…
London Exhibition at Wellcome Collection Examines Centuries of Drug History
LONDON (AP).- So you think drug culture began at Woodstock the 1960s? Think again. A massive bong statue spanning the length of a room, the laudanum-induced ‘Kubla Khan’ manuscript and psychedelic videos in a riot of color await those curious enough t…
Extremely Rare First Edition of Jane Austen’s Emma to be Offered at Sotheby’s London
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will include two offerings intimately connected with Britain’s most beloved authoress, Jane Austen, in its sale of English Literature, History and Children’s Books & Illustrations in London, on 16th December: a first e…
Extremely Rare First Edition of Jane Austen’s Emma to be Offered at Sotheby’s London
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will include two offerings intimately connected with Britain’s most beloved authoress, Jane Austen, in its sale of English Literature, History and Children’s Books & Illustrations in London, on 16th December: a first e…
Rare Folios from the Book of Kings Showcase Iran’s Literary Masterpiece at the Sackler Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- Intricately detailed and sumptuously painted images of kings, heroes and mythological creatures from the Shahnama, Iran’s national epic and one of the world’s greatest literary masterpieces, is on view in “Shahnama: 1000…
Mark Twain: A Skeptic’s Progress Opens at the Morgan Library
NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum and The New York Public Library—which hold two of the world’s great collections of manuscripts, rare books, letters, and other items related to the life of Mark Twain (1835-1910)— present a majo…
Mark Twain: A Skeptic’s Progress Opens at the Morgan Library
NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum and The New York Public Library—which hold two of the world’s great collections of manuscripts, rare books, letters, and other items related to the life of Mark Twain (1835-1910)— present a majo…
Handwritten Diary of Extraordinary Trip for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- A handwritten account of an extraordinary trip to the remote areas of Western Australia’s North-West Coast is being auctioned at Bonham’s Travel and Exploration sale in London on 15 September 2010. In 1982, five famous Australians, t…
Manuscript Exhibition Examines Aspects of Play in Medieval Society
BALTIMORE, MD.- We are all familiar with praying monks, but playing monks? A Book of Hours from Flanders finds them deep in a game of “Blind Man’s Bluff,” while on the opposite page peasant boys enjoy a rigorous game of hockey. Such deli…