#rarebook

**Portable Magna Carta: Rare Book of the Week**

"_This week's Rare Book of the Week is a 14th century portable Magna Carta on vellum in Latin and Anglo-Norman French which comes to auction on July 9 at Christie's with an estimate of £15,000- £20,000._"

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/portable-magna-carta-rare-book-week.

#MagnaCarta #RareBook #Book #Bookstodon @bookstodon

**A Complex Rare Book From 1500s**

https://youtube.com/shorts/rgqoOqEunms

#Video #Shorts #Book #Books #RareBook #RareBooks #Bookstodon #Science #Astronomy @bookstodon

**1481 Book That Was Heavily Read**

#Video length: fifty nine seconds.

https://youtu.be/OCbx7mTZlXQ

#Read #Reading #RareBook #RareBooks #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

ONLY 548 TICKETS NOW LEFT and still up for grabs for the amazing edition of @neilhimself STARDUST with the addition illustrations by both Neil and Charles Vess and of course bound by Lyra’s Books.

Why not buy yourself a ticket for Christmas!

#GaimanFansRock #RareBook #STARDUST #NeilGaiman

https://raffall.com/348278/enter-raffle-to-win-a-very-unique-copy-of-stardust-by-neil-gaiman-hosted-by-linda-silliman-millar

A recently discovered #LangstonHughes #poem in #Yale's #Beinecke #RareBook #Library within "An #Anthology of Revolutionary #Poetry."

The #Black #speaker views the world as a #confined, #fenced #space and strives to #obliterate its #cruel #boundaries.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Poetry #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/magazine/poem-i-look-at-the-world.html

I think it’s time for a proper search with hashtags looking for kind souls who are: 
#bibliophiles
#art lovers 
#booknerds 
#Indigenous allies 
#bookish decorators 
#cat /pet lovers
#JaneAusten fans
#etymologists 
#linguists 
#bookworms
#historians 
#moodreaders 
#archeologists
#rarebook lovers 
#cozy decorators
#book collectors 
#meditators 
#culturaldiversity lovers
#yogis 
- book lovers 
- beginner #bakers 
- easy #sewing enthusiasts 
#audiobook lovers
#alzheimerscaregivers 


Come to papa! +

Every time I teach about books or take students to a rare book room, I have to explain this

For #RareBook #Librarians, It’s Gloves Off. Seriously. When handling rare #books, experts say that bare, just-cleaned hands are best. Why won’t the public believe them? New York Times

1) The arrogance of ignorance
2) As #library colleagues tell me, tv reinforces stupid ideas, puts pressure on tv presenters to use gloves, in order to avoid inane criticism

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/arts/rare-books-white-gloves.html?campaign_id=61&emc=edit_ts_20230309&instance_id=87236&nl=the-great-read&regi_id=10184009&segment_id=127307&te=1&user_id=f496eccf27e473bef8d28351750886d4

This Rare Robert Burns Book Was Discovered in a Barber Shop, Where It Was Used to Clean Razors - Smithsonian Magazine https://apple.news/AGwWkC-0jSxm-ZF-omkuQdw #rarebook #robertburns

Got an awesome new addition to my #BrandonSanderson #RareBook collection yesterday! A pristine #AdvanceReaderCopy of "Elantris", with the original publisher introduction letter tucked inside!

Visiting #Fellowships and Travel #Grants | Lewis Walpole #Library

Deadline for applications: January 9, 2023.

4-week visiting fellowships, 2-week travel grants: for research in the collections of materials from the #British long #EighteenthCentury

Recipients also have access to Sterling Memorial Library, Beinecke #RareBook & #Manuscript Library, Yale Center for British Art.
https://walpole.library.yale.edufellowships/visiting-fellowships-and-travel-grants

#Histodons #BookHistodons

@GallicaBnF Encore:
#Philidor1749 #RareBook
First edition.
Copy from the #chess book collection of #LotharSchmid (1928-2013) with an #Exlibris (handwritten dated "1884").
#FrançoisAndréDanicanPhilidor #Philidor #ChessLiterature
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#ChessLiterature #RareBook #ChessAutographs

#Philidor1779
Copy from the #chess collection of #LotharSchmid.
With frontispiece #portrait of #FrançoisAndréDanicanPhilidor.

#ChessHistory #ExLibris #bookplate #PaulHorlbog #EfimBogoljubow #JensEnevoldsen #ChessInVisualArts
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So, at the #RareBook Fair in #Boston today, I spotted something that can help us through the decline in other investments. Maybe a side hustle.

The crude but hilarious and charming woodcuts in this spelling book are by English artist Joseph Crawhall II.

This little gem from 1884 (first edition) is a great example of the chap book revival led by Crawhall and The Leadenhall Press.

I love the silliness and artistic freedom of this.

#ChildrensBook #Woodcuts #Chapbook #RareBooks #BookHistory #PrintHistory #RareBook

The porcupine from Antonio Tempesta's "Nova Raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo" (Rome, 1650) has a five- o'clock shadow and really sums up the vibe this week

#rarebook #antiquarianbook #17thcentury #copperplate #porcupine #libraries

Moved to a server that made more sense. re- #introductions !

I am an Assistant Professor of #InformationStudies #iSchool at #UCLA. I am also director of California Rare Book School (calrbs.org), a continuing education program for #librarians, #rarebook enthusiasts, and people interested in #museums. I work a great deal internationally and am a #Fulbright specialist that works with libraries, museums, and archives in Kosovo.

Some research and teaching interests include: #bookhistory #bibliography #libraries #internationallibrarianship #specialcollections #rarebooks #finepress #printingpress #ucla #publishing #literacy #classification #knowledgeorganization #ko #biodiversity #pedagogy #teaching #academia #writing #travel #traveling

Outside of the that, I love to #cook, #barbecue, watch reality television, raise my #AustralianShepherd, etc. I am also a letterpress printer and enjoy making all sorts of #books.

#uclais #calrbs #globalbookhistory

So I see that everyone's offering a little personal #introduction and I might as well do the same!

I am currently a DAM #Librarian for a large corporate entity, but my past LIS lives have included #rarebook cataloguing, #bookselling, physical archival processing for small historical orgs, and social media for #archives.

Other than that, I like to make mini #zines, construct weird felt #embroidery #crafts, and write pithy reviews for the dozens and dozens of #kdramas I watch.

Also, by way of introduction, I am director of California Rare Book School (#calrbs), a continuing education program for #librarians, #rarebook enthusiasts, and people interested in #museums that is operated out of #ucla Department of #InformationStudies. We are dedicated to #SocialJustice, #ethics, and #global approaches to #BookHistory and #bibliography. 2023 course list is published on December 1, 2022.