‘Special Collections and Rare Books’ Category
New Acquisitions in SCRB!
Detail of Leaf 127 from the Liber Chronicarum. 1493. (SCRB Collection 16) This semester we are welcoming several new items to Special Collections and Rare Books, or the SCRB (pronounced “scrib”)! These new acquisitions will help us teach the history of books and printing along with many items we already own. These rare items are […]
Books in Bloom: Inside the St. John’s Bible
Books in Bloom 2017 is nearly here! Don’t forget our special presentation on Saturday, May 6 at 1pm in the library. Mike Nordberg ’93 will be presenting Inside the St. John’s Bible, an account of working on the Heritage Edition, a copy of which is held in the library’s Special Collections and will be available for viewing. This unique […]
Moby-Dick
You’ve heard undoubtedly of Herman Melville’s book Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. However, you might not be aware that the original was published on this day in 1851. It was a commercial failure upon its release, and the book languished for nearly 70 years in relative obscurity. Everything changed in the 1920s following the publication of Herman Melville: […]