Anke Timmermann

How wonderful is this rare proof of a 'lost' Kelmscott?

William Morris' wood-engravings cut from Edward Burne-Jones's drawings, for Morris's 'The Earthly Paradise' - an abandoned edition - printed in 1974 by the Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill editions, as 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche'.

Our Conservation team enjoyed hosting a visit from Moriki Papers last week! We shared how we use Japanese paper in our studio and learned about the art of Japanese papermaking.

#CULConservation #BookConservation #PaperConservation #JapanesePaper #PaperRepair #Papermaking

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

Sad news. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

The RSL today marks the 200th anniversary of its incorporation with a Royal Charter ✒️

In celebration, Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social has digitised a selection of archive materials which they are making public today for the first time: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

Botanical Wisdom: Art, Medicine, and Nature in Muslim Societies - Collections Connections Communities Botanical Wisdom: Art, Medicine, and Nature in Muslim Societies Dr Zahra Kazani, Research and Outreach Associate - Islamic art and material culture Centre of Islamic Studies This participatory researc...

🎺 The 2025 Participatory Research Projects we funded via @ukri.org #ResearchEngland have come to a close.
First up: Botanical Wisdom: art, medicine and nature in Muslim societies

Read the blog ⤵️

#participation#research#GLAM#botanicalart #muslimmedicine

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Pink background with white text about applying for funding from the BSA for a book-related events by 3 November.

White background with dark pink text providing some details about the types of events BSA can fund

🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Check out this funding opportunity to support events in your community! 📖✨

📅 Deadline: 3 November – Don’t miss your chance to apply! Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities

What a wonderful achievement! #archives

How extraordinary to have the first vial of the vaccine.
Interesting, too, that the collecting project began in early March 2020, before the lockdown began. A swift and far-sighted response. Thank you!

It was too cloudy to see the lunar eclipse tonight, so here’s some fun diagrams of eclipses from a 13th century astronomical compilation, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘

Booker Prize Bindings 2025
Designer Bookbinders UK

The six Fellows this year are: Glenn Bartley, Stuart Brockman, Hannah Brown, Sue Doggett, Angela James and Tom McEwan. (1)

Image: 2024 bindings
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Liebe Follower, ich bin auf der Suche nach antiquarischen Büchern des (eher entlegenen) Autors Maximilian Josef von Oer aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Die einschlägigen Seiten im Netz habe ich schon abgesucht. Wer weiß etwas? Bitte gern teilen.

Oh no!

For International Dog Day: T.E. Lawrence with dogs.

From Clare Sydney Smith's 'The Golden Reign. The Story of my Friendship with "Lawrence of Arabia"' (1949).

Gorgeous!!

Wow. Congratulations!

Thank you.

Shakespeare family will found by historian - The National Archives Red sealing wax seal and string on 1642 parchment will of Thomas Nash

I found a cool Shakespeare document, but why was it missing in the first place? www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/s... [1/4]

More details in the project, the book & link to online gallery here: amybatemanphotography.com/forty-farms/

Just listened to this, then visited @amybateman.bsky.social’s online gallery of Forty Farms pictures - fantastic!! Moving, captivating & utterly illuminating.

New exhibition: history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/...

It has lots of books in it. Lots of books that I like and have lots of say about.

I walked past him a couple of weeks ago and simply had to find out more. I didn’t know why at the time, but this explains it.

1960s London legend 'Soho George', 80, who still struts around the West End You'll see him wearing stunning suits around Soho, but there's much more to the man than meets the eye

'Later he settled on a job in the British Library cataloguing rare books for 23 years. … Something about the rare manuscripts appealed to him … "I had history in my hands, it was a fantastic job," says George.'

Soho George. Artist. What a story! www.mylondon.news/news/nostalg...

Sir Joseph Banks was so convinced of this cookbook's merit that he sent his own chef, Henry Osborne, to assist - so William Kitchiner's "The Cook's Oracle" (here the 1822 edition) has 10 recipes of puddings eaten by Banks!

More information: www.typeandforme.com/index.php/20...

Happy Tuesday!

Yay!

Snapshot from above my desk.

Happy Saturday!

Summer's essence, captured as only the private press can.
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A limited edition print tipped into Matrix 8 - just one of the very cool (?hot) things I get to work on.

Penn has set up a message board to collect tributes to Peggy Brown's influence on generations of medievalists: www.kudoboard.com/boards/FNm1Y... #MedievalSky

A caricature style bookplate of a man with a moustache in jousting armour with a pan as a lance, riding a giant black cat in a cape.

It's #InternationalCatDay and we're celebrating with this purrfect noble steed!

This fearsome feline is part of the bookplate of Sir Francis Carruthers Gould (1844 – 1925), a British caricaturist and political cartoonist.

Would you ride this beast into battle?

Congratulations! Sounds exciting!!

…seed packet here. Also sketches of John Evelyn’s gardening tools, lots of tulips, and the first lawn mower.