Search Results for "provenance"
Book dust
history of scienceLouisiane 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 scienceHow 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 scienceFrom 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 scienceÂé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»'s Louisiane Ferlier examines the world of rare book collecting, and how important provenance can be when valuing works.
Our unusual ‘Chymist’
history of scienceRupert 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.