Frankland Family Archive catalogued
Archivist James Peters introduces the newly catalogued Frankland family archive and introduces its fascinating main cast of characters
Category: Series
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. IX: Blockbooks (Part 3) – The Art of Dying
Continuing our look at the blockbook collection in the John Rylands Library, this blog focuses on the Ars Moriendi (“The Art of Dying”)
J.N. Darby and the curious case of the missing greatcoat
By Prof Crawford Gribben
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. VIII: Blockbooks (Part 2) – it’s the Apocalypse (again) and the Pauper’s Bible
A look at two rare blockbooks in their original 15th century binding
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. VII: Blockbooks (Part 1) and the Apocalypse!
An introduction to the blockbook collection and possibly the oldest printed European book to exist
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. VI: The Mainz Catholicon of 1460
The first non-religious book to be printed … or was it?
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. V: An early astronomical calendar and an innovation in book design
A description of Johannes Regiomontanus’ Kalendarium of 1476
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. IV: A collection of speeches and news of new horizons
A closer look at a bound-in volume containing numerous printed orations, among which is news of Portuguese explorations around the coast of Africa
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. III: Sweynheym and Pannartz, the first printers in Italy
The John Rylands Library holds one of the most complete collections in the world of the first books to be printed in Italy
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. II: The first printed edition of Virgil
A rare and treasured copy of the first edition of the works of the greatest Roman poet