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Engraved Throughout
Curated by Timothy Perry, 2018.
This exhibition features engraved books housed in Special Collections & Rare Books, and includes some of the finest engraved books ever made.
Incunables in Special Collections
Curated by John Henry Adams, 2020.
Printing with moveable type began in Europe in the 1450s in the German city of Mainz with the Gutenberg Bible in 1455. The technology spread swiftly across the continent: in ten years, there were printing presses in operation in Italy. By 1475, printing had spread to France, Switzerland, Holland, Hungary, Belgium, Poland, and Spain, and by 1485, England, Austria, Denmark, and Sweden were also printing. Other regions would follow suit until by 1500, there was...
Many Happy Returns
Curated by Timothy Perry, 2016.
This exhibit brings together a selection of items associated with the most important literary anniversaries celebrated in 2016.