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The Creation of the Sun and the Moon (detail) from the Historical Bible, about 1360 –70, Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350–70). Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment.
The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages at Getty
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Letters written by Martha Washington (September 29, 1760) and Mary Todd Lincoln (February 15, 1865)
Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Milwaukee Speech and First Ladies' Letters Acquired by Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has acquired a bound volume containing 15 tipped-in pages of a stenographic version of Theodore Roosevelt's Milwaukee, Wisconsin, speech o
The Lilliputian army marching beneath Gulliver in Florence Dugdale’s Gulliver’s Travels Told in Simple Language (1912)
300 years of Gulliver’s Travels Celebrated in New Exhibition
The 300th anniversary of the publication of Gulliver’s Travels is being celebrated in Trinity College Dublin with an exhibition in the Long Room of the Old
Letter from Brian Jones recruiting Charlie Watts to The Rolling Stones
Brian Jones Letter Recruiting Charlie Watts to The Rolling Stones to Auction
More than six decades after it was written, a handwritten letter from Brian Jones to Charlie Watts in which Jones attempts to recruit the drummer to join the fledgling group that would become The R
The original Pilote cover for Astérix, Le Devin (Asterix and the Soothsayer)
Uderzo's Astérix Pages Break $500,000 Mark at Auction
A page from Astérix the Legionary featuring Obélix’s first attempt at courting Falbala topped the Albert Uderzo section at Heritage Auctions’ latest comic
Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) Archivist Kristy Waller handling materials from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s artist files collection in ECU’s Special Collections + Artists’ Books room
Vancouver Improves Public Access to Thousands of Artists' Files
The Vancouver Art Gallery and Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) have announced a five-year partnership signi
Dossier relating to General Horvat and the Grand Duke's political activity in the Far East & preparation of the Grand Duke Nicolas Nikolaevich's official response to the Trust Affair (1927)
Russian Émigré Archives Lead Bonhams Classics Sale
A group of Russian émigré archives concerning Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna and their networks in exile will come up at
The Call of the Wild inscribed by Jack London
Bookman Maurice F. Neville's Collection to Auction
Highlights from the collection of Maurice F.
Harry Houdini, giant lobby portrait, offered by Potter & Potter, estimate: $5,000-$10,000
Strand Magazine to Publish Rediscovered History by Houdini
The Strand Magazine is publishing a rediscovered work written by
Hieronymus Tochtermann's Schriften Buch (Augsbourg, 1744-1747), from Librarie Paul Jammes 
The Return of Rare Book Dealers to the Palais-Royal in Paris
In 18th century Paris the Palais Royal housed booksellers in the galleries under the arcades and a new exhibition next month hosted by Les Enluminures will celebrate this heritage.