A new tool developed by the University of St Andrews is helping institutions detect toxic pigments in historic books and making it easier to id
Rare Books
Around 5,000 items including manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks of composer and lyricist
Highlights of Sotheby's' Fine Books and Manuscripts auction on June 26 include:
Leading Christie’s' Classic Week next month is Cecco di Ronchitti da Bruzene.
An ornate 1636 prayer book has been restored and returned to public exhibition with the help of a pioneering archaeological facility at the University of Exeter
The first complete translation of the Bible into the Welsh language has been loaned by Westminster Abbey to St Davids Cathedral where it has gone on public display for the first time this week.&…
This week's Rare Book of the Week is a presentation copy of Antoine Saint-Exupéry’s Pilote de guerre inscribed to husband and wife scriptwriters Dido Freire and Jean Renoir.
Australia’s longest-running and most popular book exhibition, World of the Book, is celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary at State Library Victor
Ten handwritten letters by Swedish Hollywood star Greta Garbo
The Bodleian Libraries’ exhibition Treasured which opens today features a range of the most fascinating books, manuscripts and items in its coll
