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Category Archives: Rare Book Collection
Spring brings things
And spring things bring people who collect them –naturalists and artists such as Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), the first to hitch entomology to fine art and to make a living doing so. Her interests were not limited to European species; … Continue reading
New exhibit! Beyond Words: Visual Narratives from the Block Book to the Graphic Novel
Yesterday I posed a question on Facebook: What do Albrecht Durer, Thomas Rowlandson, Frans Masereel, and Art Spiegelman have in common? The answer: they all published works of sequential art, which are now on view in our latest exhibition, Beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, exhibits, graphic novels
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Emblems of Love are in the Air
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today we’re taking a look at Emblems of Love by Philip Ayres, a book “dedicated to the ladys” in 1683. Ayres, a poet and translator, was a tutor to the Drake family and is known primarily in … Continue reading
