Inside Spring 2020
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Fine Books Profile
David M. Rubenstein
An exclusive interview with the billionaire book collector and philanthropist about his patriotic collecting philosophy
By Eve M. Kahn
The Collections Behind the Collections
Five libraries "hidden" in NYC museums
By Angela Serratore
Gently Mad
In Pursuit of Papyrus
Revisiting the scrolls buried by Vesuvius
Digest
Painting Slaughterhouse-Five
Mudlarking the Thames
Voices
Building a Bibliosphere
Takeaways from the CODEX Effect Symposium
In View
New (Photo) Journalism
Danny Lyon's Bikeriders and beyond
Beyond the Basics
A Foliosity of Firsts
Taking the broad view of "firsts"
Fine Maps
Whitewashing the Map
How cartography advanced women's suffrage
Sold@Auction
Tigers, Dragons, and a Raven
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, maps, and fine art
On the Block
Military Might
Targeting Lord Cottesloe's books
How I Got Started
Little Women
Collector Cathlin M. Davis
Features
NYC Rare Book Week Book Fairs
Our guide to the book fairs, auctions & exhibitions in NYC, March 4-11
By Fine Books Editors
Digest
Collecting Feminism One Book (or Ribbon) at a Time
This year’s suffrage centennial puts the spotlight on women’s history, four centuries of which are preserved in the Dobkin Family Collection of…
By Eve M. Kahn
Digest
Beyond Silent Spring
April 22, 2020, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day
By Matthew Wills
In the Library
Renaissance RE-Invention
Examining the "Nova Reperta"
By Suzanne Karr Schmidt
Also In This Issue
Buy this issue at the Fine Books store
Fine Books Profile
David M. Rubenstein
An exclusive interview with the billionaire book collector and philanthropist about his patriotic collecting philosophy
By Eve M. Kahn
The Collections Behind the Collections
Five libraries "hidden" in NYC museums
By Angela Serratore
Gently Mad
In Pursuit of Papyrus
Revisiting the scrolls buried by Vesuvius
Digest
Painting Slaughterhouse-Five
Mudlarking the Thames
Voices
Building a Bibliosphere
Takeaways from the CODEX Effect Symposium
In View
New (Photo) Journalism
Danny Lyon's Bikeriders and beyond
Beyond the Basics
A Foliosity of Firsts
Taking the broad view of "firsts"
Fine Maps
Whitewashing the Map
How cartography advanced women's suffrage
Sold@Auction
Tigers, Dragons, and a Raven
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, maps, and fine art
On the Block
Military Might
Targeting Lord Cottesloe's books
How I Got Started
Little Women
Collector Cathlin M. Davis