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Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV die Junii AD MCCXV Anno Regni XVII was published in 1816 to mark the…
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A semi-regular series profiling new archives.This past August marked the anniversary of the London riots, the anniversary of a terrible time that saw pockets of the city razed, pillaged and plundered for reasons that still have not been adequately identified.
A papyrus fragment with a mysterious provenance surfaced in the news on Tuesday when a Harvard scholar said its Coptic writing indicated Jesus had a wife.
One of the great challenges of book collecting is that it is often seen as an old boys' club. We published a short feature on 'young collectors' back in 2010, finding mainly that book collecting isn't dying, but young collectors are setting new paths in collecting. Still, it's no secret that many…
English: Great Seal of the State of Georgia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NEW YORK, September 18, 2012—Edvard Munch's iconic The Scream (1895), among the most celebrated and recognized images in art history, will go on view at The Museum of Modern Art for a period of six months beginning October 24. Of the four versions of The Scream made by Munch between 1893 and 1910,…
(Washington, DC) A shield made of hippopotamus skin. A mastedon’s tooth. Illustrations of fantastic war machines. Contemporary photography. Passages from Shakespeare.
About a year ago, we reported on the discovery of a lost novel by James M. Cain, a master crime writer of the mid 20th century, whose works include Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Coming to auction this week is a small notebook kept by Thomas Edison, in which he penciled his lab notes regarding experiments he was co
After eight years in Chelsea, the Foley Gallery has relocated to the LES. We have taken a newly renovated storefront on Allen Street, just a little south of Delancey on the west side of the block. We are opening the gallery with our fourth solo exhibition of artist Thomas…
