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Book cookies! The opening event for our new exhibition “Wise Men Fished Here” in celebration of the

Who better to inspire us with holiday cheer than the Fezziwigs? Scrooge’s foil reminds us of the imp

This Magi scene is splendidly illustrated with bright colors in a Book of Hours from Rouen, France s

En garde! ⚔️ These drawings of swords are from a magical text attributed to King Solomon. The work d

This silhouette depicts Marie and Pierre Curie working together in the lab. This photomechanical pri

We love Nelson, the regimental dog! This is an excerpt from the ship log of Captain Joseph Watson, c

This hand-colored #woodcut, attributed to Hans Weidi, is one of 65 illustrations from Cicero’s “De o

*The Graphic Processes: Intaglio, Relief, Planographic* (1926) features beautiful prints presented i

Were you born a ramblin’ man? This woodcut vignette is from the title page to an early work on

Bloomers were developed in the 19th century in America in response to the adverse effects women&rsqu

Have you ever looked this chic in the snow? This fashionista, cutting a biting figure on the slopes,

This is the story of Klik and Tram, two streetcars in Saint Petersburg who separate through the day

This time of the year, it’s easy to get caught up in bustle of the holiday and forget to take time f

Here’s a glimpse back from a 2010 exhibition of Werner Pfeiffer’s work in the Kamin Gallery. Pfeiffe

Fancy yourself a farrier? Here are some beautiful, very fancy bits, #handdrawn for #sothebys in the

If you’re feeling roguish on this mischief night we recommend reading and sharing scary stories—unli

The Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica includes over 4,500 Victorian trad

This scrumptious floral #endpaper is part of the 18th-century #vellum binding of a 14th-century manu

A glimpse into our collections on this #shelfiesunday ***#shelfie #specialcollections #librariesofin

A wonderful thing about old books is the mystery of their lives before the library, and it is especi

It is rather late in the day for us to be posting, but we wanted to share this early printed book of

This is an astronomical diagram from a 1739 French manuscript on Physics. It demonstrates the phases

American novelist and poet Louisa May Alcott was born on this day in 1832 in Germantown. This gilded

These pencil sketches belong to a #manuscript written by a parish priest of Nebaj, a home to the Ixi

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