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Book dust

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
23 January 2025
5 mins

Louisiane Ferlier looks at the three books donated to Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Library by mathematician Augustus De Morgan, all with intriguing inscriptions and insertions.

Haunting the shelves

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
05 September 2022
4 mins

How did the designer of a theatrical device to project ‘ghosts’ on the Victorian stage come to donate a significant collection of books to Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Library? Louisiane Ferlier investigates...

Lost and found

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
12 January 2021
5 mins

From Galileo to Robert Hooke and Charles Darwin, Louisiane Ferlier casts a critical eye on media stories of treasures 'disappearing' from, and being 'rediscovered' in, archives and libraries.

The secret life of books

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
30 March 2020
6 mins

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Louisiane Ferlier examines the world of rare book collecting, and how important provenance can be when valuing works.

Rupert Baker
17 January 2013
5 mins

Rupert Baker responds to a census on Robert Boyle's 1661 book 'The Sceptical Chymist', and discovers some interesting facts about the copy in Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Library.