LitReactor: the supplemental material

enigmaticrose:
“ Uncle Walt’s Shakespeare edition
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Uncle Walt’s Shakespeare edition

itscolossal:
This Incredible Wooden Book Is a Series of Puzzles That Have to Be Solved to Continue Reading
Fascinating.
-Colleen

muspeccoll:

An early travel book by George Sandys (1578-1644) with a description of Constantinople. A relation of a iourney begun an. Dom. 1610 : foure bookes, containing a description of the Turkish Empire of Aegypt, of the Holy Land, of the remote parts of Italy and ilands adioyning, from the Pages from the Past Collection

uispeccoll:

Tiny tabs made from manuscript waste.
I love the remnants of lettering that hint at its past life as a text.
-Colleen

Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atqve technica historia, in duo volumina secundum cosmi differentiam diuisa. Avthore Roberto Flud aliàs de Fluctibus … Oppenhemii, ære Johan-Theodori de Bry, typis Hieronymi Galleri, 1617-21.
History of Hydraulics Collection fQ155 F48 v.1

bodleianlibs:

thegetty:
#ColorOurCollections: The Getty Coloring Book
Feeling stressed? Bored? Want to do something while you stream Netflix? We got you covered. Download our free coloring book of artworks from the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute.
Download here.
If you check out the hashtag, #ColorOurCollections, you can see even more fun coloring pages from places like @huntingtonlibrary, @smithsonianlibraries, @bodleianlibs and more.
Thanks for the shout-out, @thegetty!

uispeccoll:
“ Happy 200th Birthday to Jane Austen’s Emma! Emma was published in three volumes on December 25, 1815, but as you can see the title page is dated 1816.
Emma: a novel. In three volumes. By the author of “Pride and prejudice,” &c. &c. …...

uispeccoll:

Happy 200th Birthday to Jane Austen’s Emma!
Emma was published in three volumes on December 25, 1815, but as you can see the title page is dated 1816.
Emma: a novel. In three volumes. By the author of “Pride and prejudice,” &c. &c. … London, Printed for J. Murray, 1816. By Jane Austen. PR4034 .E5
May your stories live on to enchant readers for another 200 years.

houghtonlib:
“ Catholic Church. Book of hours (use of Paris) : manuscript, [ca. 1420-1425].
MS Richardson 42
Houghton Library, Harvard University
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houghtonlib:

Catholic Church. Book of hours (use of Paris) : manuscript, [ca. 1420-1425].
MS Richardson 42
Houghton Library, Harvard University

uispeccoll:

A patron was using this wonderful book one day, and it is a good thing to as I might never have come across it! Check out this 1668 copy of German Almanac Alt und neuer Schreib- Haus- und Kunst-Kalender… which is full of doodles, notes, and other marginalia.
xAY851 F8 1669
-Lindsay M.

uispeccoll:

It’s Miniature Monday!
Here are six miniature volumes of Shakespearean drama, published by Allied Newspaper Ltd. Although the books are undated, they probably were published sometime in the early 20th century.
Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus, King Henry VI, King Lear, King Richard II, Timon of Athens, and Venus and Adonis. London: Allied Newspaper, Ltd., 20th century. 1 1/2″ x 2″. Black leatherette binding.
-Laura H.

nprbooks:

uispeccoll:
gwuscrc:
Miniatures on the march.
Welcome to Tumblr. Excellent first post.
Ditto! - Nicole

Posts tagged special collections

#ColorOurCollections: The Getty Coloring Book

Happy 200th Birthday to Jane Austen’s Emma!