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Princeton University Library's upcoming exhibition will focus on the diversity and beauty of global book making, concentrating on three major traditions of the book form, codex, East Asian, and pothī.Forms and Function: The Splendors of Global Book Making opens September 10 and runs though December…
Two autograph letters by Lord George Byron offering a glimpse into his early life and scandalous affairs will go under the hammer at Chorley’s Auctioneers on September 23.The letters were written in 1805 and 1808 to his London landlady and moneylender Mrs Massingberd, and feature the polite…
Printed Matter's 2025 NY Art Book Fair will take place at MoMA PS1 September 12–14 with an opening night celebration on September 11.This year’s NY Art Book Fair returns to MoMA PS1 where it was held from 2009 to 2019 where it established itself as an important element in the celebration of…
A new exhibition at The Grolier Club opening later this month in New York will feature manuscripts from The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS).
The 2025 Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair will return for its eighth edition in November.Running November 21 from 5pm to 8pm, and November 22 from 10am to 4pm, this eighth edition will be held in the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street in Northampton,…
The 266-volume complete Modern Library and a Thoreau & Co pencil are among the lots in the third and final Heritage Auctions sale from the library of North Dakota attorney and bibliophile William A. Strutz.The September 10-11 event follows the sales of earlier sections of the Strutz…
The first of three animal-themed exhibitions at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore highlights the portrayal of cats in the margins of medieval manuscripts.Centuries before internet cat memes, the antics of felines were already popular in the margins of medieval manuscripts. Paws on Parchment - on…
A special installation celebrating the art of Qurʾan manuscripts is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston through June 28, 2026.Sea of Ink, Forest of Pens: The Art of the Qurʾan in the Hossein Afshar Collection focuses on a dozen masterworks from the 7th to the 19th centuries, shedding light…
The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg, best known for their collaboration on the score of The Wizard of Oz in 1939.
The New York Public Library has announced plans to commemorate the semiquincentennial of the United States with a 2026 public viewing of The Declaration of Independence and a sweeping five-part exhibition spanning 250 years of history.
