The State Library of Victoria holds an annual appeal to help acquire, conserve and display significant collection items. This year one of the items they wish to acquire is an important twentieth-century illustrated book ‘La […]
Analyzing and transmitting medieval manuscripts in the digital age Professor Bernard Muir, FAHA In this lecture Professor Muir will demonstrate a variety of challenges encountered when working with documents surviving from the Middle Ages, and the […]
As part of the exhibition Libri: six centuries of Italian books from the Baillieu Library’s Special Collections a symposium will be held at the Baillieu Library on the 24th July. Date: 1-5pm, 24th July 2013 Venue: Leigh […]
Adventure and Art the fine press book from 1450 to 2011 Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne About the Exhibition Leigh Scott Gallery, Level 1, Baillieu Library, 1 March to 27 May 2012 Adventure and Art, […]
Rare Books Summer School State Library of Victoria Immerse yourself in the world of rare books during an intensive five-day course at the 7th Australian and New Zealand Rare Books Summer School. Four courses will […]
History Books in the Anglo-Norman World Project 2012 Visiting Research Fellowships at the University of Dublin, Trinity College – History of Art In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries history (interpreted as both the recent past and […]
The tale of the 1880 Atlas des Plans de Paris Michael Shirrefs Atlas des Plans de Paris is a remarkable book containing reproductions of ancient maps showing the development of Paris, from its beginnings in […]
Richard Ovendon FRSA FSA, Keeper of Special Collections and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Book at the Bodleian Libraries The role of the book arts in a 21st-century research library In […]
