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The iconic sponge cake in Marcel Proust’s masterpiece À la Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time) started off life in earlier drafts as quite a different snack, reveals a new exhibition in Paris.
New York - In 2022, Les Enluminures celebrates its tenth year in New York with an exhibition of exceptional medieval illuminated manuscripts. The focus lies on ten manuscripts, each unique and world-class. Included are Books of Hours, romances, philosophical treatises, and fables. There are also a…
Chicago – Hindman will present one of the most significant groups of letters written by notorious American gangster Al Capone to ever come to market in its November 9 Books & Manuscripts auction. These letters illuminate “Scarface’s” thinking during prohibition and his years with the Chicago…
London, British Library - Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth (October 21 2022 – February 19 2023), supported by the Kusuma Trust and Ubisoft, is the first exhibition to traverse the rich history of storytelling about one of the most famous figures of the ancient world.
The Antiquarian Bookseller's Association’s upcoming 43rd Annual Conference On Book Trade History in London will focus on ‘Family Business: Generational Continuity In The Book Trade Since The Fifteenth Century’.
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is coming up in just a few weeks, November 11-13. More than 100 exhibitors from around the world will present to buyers (and browsers) thousands of rare books, manuscripts, artists’ books, photography, ephemera, and more.
Wilton, CT -- A 1777 battle letter signed by then-Continental Army Commander-in-Chief George Washington in New Jersey, a sword that was affixed to JFK’s catafalque guarding his coffin in the East Room of the White House, and an autograph letter signed by Albert Einstein in which he dispels…
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As NASA looks again to the moon 50 years after the final Apollo 17 mission, groundbreaking works from the collection of Victor Martin-Malburet offer a timely and historic invitation to reflect on the evolving legacy of Project Apollo and its resounding impacts on art, science, and human potential…
New York -- After two years of virtual-only fairs, the International Fine Print Dealers Association will return in-person this fall to the stunning I.M. Pei-designed River Pavilion at the Javits Center with the 29th edition of the preeminent fair for prints. The IFPDA Print Fair will present 76 new…
Lion Heart Autographs - The Dreyfus Affair, in which French-Jewish Artillery Captain Alfred Dreyfus was unjustly accused, tried, and convicted of treason in 1894, belongs to one of the darkest chapters in French history. The Affair’s significance is so consequential that the beginning of the human…
