Search Results for "provenance"
Book dust
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier looks at the three books donated to 蘑菇视频 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 鈥榞hosts鈥� on the Victorian stage come to donate a significant collection of books to 蘑菇视频 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 science蘑菇视频's Louisiane Ferlier examines the world of rare book collecting, and how important provenance can be when valuing works.
Our unusual 鈥楥hymist鈥�
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 蘑菇视频 Library.