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The J. Paul Getty Museum’s The Egyptian Book of the Dead exhibition will return next month to showcase the Getty collection of ancient Egyptian manuscripts inscribed with spells and illustrated scenes from the Book of the Dead which were intended to guide souls through the afterlife.
Senate House Library will be the official Charity Partner for Firsts London 2026.Senate House Library will be curating a stand at Firsts that showcases its various collections charting social and political transformation. This year's theme of Firsts London which runs May 14-17 at the Saatchi…
The 1796 edition of Amelia Simmons' American Cookery, or, The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables... is regarded as the first cookery book published in the US by an American author, and the illustrated 1831 edition comes to the Rare Books & Manuscripts auction at PBA Galleries…
The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) will return to the Park Avenue Armory in New York City from April 30 through May 3, 2026.More than 170 exhibitors from around the world, including new participants Black Swan Books, Marshall Kibbey Rare Books, Midway Rare Books, Reagan’…
Shakespeare specialist Professor Emma Smith from the University of Oxford will give the 2026 Stevenson Lecture tomorrow at Senate House in London on the subject Richard Oswald’s Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books.
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An 1837 English translation of Santa Anna's second-in-command's account of his conduct in the Texas Revolution will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions' Februarty 26 Historical Manuscripts & Texana sale.
A £250,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund will ensure access to a unique historic archive of LGBTQ+ literature held at Senate House Library in London.
The Library of Congress has acquired the complete collection of music manuscripts of jazz bandleader, arranger, pianist and composer Gil Evans.
At Bonhams’ sale of material relating to the life of Oscar Wilde the top lot was the last photograph of the writer on his death bed on November 30 1900 by Gilbert Maurice which sold for £279,800 following an estimate of £3,000-£5,000.
