March 2011 | Jonathan Shipley

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Photographs

An installation photograph from the posthumous exhibition of Manet's work at the École des Beaux-Arts

The Morgan Digitizes Tabarant Collection of Manet Photographs

Video Fridays: PhotoBook Club

Picturing California in a New Photobook & Exhibition

Exhibitions

Jacob Lawrence, . . . is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?

Rare Original Print of the U.S. Constitution Featured in Art Exhibit

Eric Carle Museum Kicks Off 20th Anniversary

Thomas Hardy: Manuscripts, Art & Objects on View

Sponsored

Maurice Sendak's Poster Illustration

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

For Those Who Want Choices

The Catawiki Books Department Expands Its Reach

Americana

Button Gwinnett document signed, 1774

The Rare Autograph at the Heart of a Classic Bibliomystery

For Sale: Charles Lindbergh’s Book Contract

5 Early 19th-Century Laws for Library Borrowers

Auctions

A copy of Virginia’s Official Ratification of the United States Constitution

Sotheby's to Auction Critical Precursor to the Bill of Rights

Complete Set of Signed Harry Potter First Editions Head to Auction

Declaration of Independence Signatory Completes $1.4-Million Collection

Book People

Image of Erika Hapke Knowles

Bright Young Booksellers: Erika Hapke Knowles

LOC Appoints Jennifer Meehan Director of Special Collections

Rare Book School Announces Rendell Endowed Lecture

Visual Art

The wedding dress worn by Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood in Ang Lee’s adaptation of Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen’s Fashion Sense

Acclaimed Film Based on Balzac Novel to Open in NYC & LA

Golden Age Illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith: A Perennial Favorite

Maps

Olaus Magnus’ Carta marina

Cartographer Olaus Magnus' Map of Sea Monsters

Maps in the Time of Cholera

Book Arts

Arion Press edition of Patti Smith’s Woolgathering

Arion Press Announces Edition of Patti Smith’s Woolgathering

Announcing the 2022 McKnight Book Artist Fellows

The Art of Bookish Baking

Rare Books

Endpapers from Andersen's Fairy Tales, 1933

Children’s Book Illustrations: On the Up

Limited Edition Facsimile of Paradise Lost Manuscript Published

Collecting Romance Novels: Where to Begin