March 2009 | Michael Lieberman

Books - "The New Wireless Platform"

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This clever webstrip, titled "Progress," appeared at Penny Arcade earlier this week.

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The Fine Books Blog

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Exhibitions

Anatomy of Melancholy title page

The Bodleian Marks 400 Years of Melancholy

Anthony Powell, Nicolas Poussin, and the Dance

The Morgan Presents the Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire

Photographs

Abelardo Morell's Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan

Art of Illusion Photography Exhibition to Open at Nelson-Atkins Museum

Attic Find of Historic NY Photography Studio goes to Auction

Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquires Extraordinary Early Photography Collection

Book People

Art Day by Day / Patient Zero book covers

Some Very Fine Fine Books Writers

Video Fridays: 30 Years of Les Enluminures

Bright Young Things: Emma Balch

Book Arts

MCBA Annual Book Artist Award Winners

MCBA Annual Book Artist Award is Back After Yearlong Hiatus

Folio Society Publishes Dante’s Divine Comedy

Artists Book House Finds a Home

Visual Art

Manuscrit Mexicain by Henri de Saussure

Cal State LA, USC Receive Grant to Digitize Mesoamerican and Spanish Colonial Material

$1.3 Million for LGBTQ+ Art & Ephemera at Swann

Rare Posters Auction Totals $1.9 Million in Sales

Auctions

Daguerreotype portrait of Henry Fitz Jr.

Hindman Auctions to Offer One of the Earliest Photographic Portraits Taken in America

Video Fridays: Ricky Jay’s History of Magic Collection

Fine Photographs at Swann Galleries October 21

Rare Books

Kripke Collection at Lilly Library

Lilly Library Acquires ‘Dame of Dictionaries’ Madeline Kripke’s Collection

The Huntington Acquires W. Bruce Fye Cardiology Collection

Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books Returns to Frieze Masters

Maps

cerographic printing

Maps in the Time of Cholera

British Library Makes 40,000 Historical Maps Available Online

Sponsored

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The Catawiki Books Department Expands Its Reach

‘Democratized’ Book, Map, and Manuscript Auctions Promise Finds in All Price Ranges

Potter & Potter to Auction Science, Americana, and more at October Sale

Americana

Book of Mormon

Americana at Swann Delivers $112k for Book of Mormon

Colorado’s Douglas County Libraries Announce Archives & Local History Gift

Sold: Complete Set of WPA American Guides