A set of rare books and pages from the 18th and 19th centuries bearing rich illustrations have been displayed here as part of an exhibition that kicked off on Monday. The exhibition, titled, ‘Crowning ...
How the University of Miami’s Special Collections library came to possess one of its rarest, most valuable works — three volumes of engravings of roses commissioned by Empress Josephine Bonaparte of ...
Does a used Porsche seem like a fair trade for a rare 1555 book about medicine by Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius? No? Well, then, maybe you’re not as committed to tomes dedicated to medical ...
Welcome to Saint Louis University’s Archives and Rare Books. Our reading room (Room 307 in Pius Library) is open by appointment only to students, faculty and staff of SLU, as well as visiting ...
Eugene Flamm has been collecting for six decades—his first acquisition was a Vesalius he bought while a resident, and that work kicked off a life-long passion for collecting antiquarian books ...