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Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @camglamresearch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Come work with us! We're hiring three colleagues: Research Associate, Collections and Participation: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/collect... Research Associate, Collections and Participation – Digital: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/collect... Natural History Engagement Coordinator: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/natural...

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Devin Fitzgerald, bibliothot @devinfitz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ok Bluesky. I am planning on buying this for UCLA, but neither the dealer nor I have ever seen one. Probably circa 1780s, prints are from a 1730s series. You spin the knows and the picture scrolls through narratives of the old testament. Anyone seen one before? Know what they are called?

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s birthday, here is a rare look onto the oldest parts of my partner Mark James’s bookshelves… with apologies for the condition…

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The deadline for submissions this year is July 1, 2026.

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Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Fantastic PhD studentship opportunity - Spitting Image: political satire in Britain in the 20th and 21st centuries. Working across @exeter.ac.uk and @theul.bsky.social in partnership with the @camglamresearch.bsky.social and drawing on the Roger Law archive. #PhDsky

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University of Exeter and University of Cambridge Libraries & Archives - Collections Connections Communities

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The time-honoured pursuit of butterflies on libraries. A Camberwell Beauty lands on the Wren Library, @trincolllibcam.bsky.social in 1876; 150 years later, a Peacock on @theul.bsky.social.

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Björn Biester @philobiblos.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"Aus dem Antiquariat" 1/2026; darin u. a. ein Aufsatz von @bonstabi.bsky.social sowie Messeberichte aus Stuttgart und Ludwigsburg von @leocadogan.com und @antiquariat-solder.bsky.social #Antiquariat

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Today on #IWD we honour Amy Levy, Jewish poet, novelist, essayist, and Cambridge Alumna. 🔎Levy's Archive at the UL: loom.ly/RHh3bbc With thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.

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Sequel to a Reminiscence

The archive of enigmatic 19th-century writer Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Book collecting prize season is firmly upon us! As of last year, The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association's prize - which used to be the 'prize of prizes' for winners of other UK competitions - is open for all young collectors for direct application.

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Look what we bring to the Firsts Online fair (starting today)! A 1549 Estienne edition of Lazare de Baïf’s Annotationes — a humanist study of ancient naval architecture, costume & colour. Illustrated with 27 woodcuts by Geofroy Tory’s studio…

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Puzzle Binding! Tricky! These are almost as rare as hen's teeth, and we just... Had One??? And, it includes HOW Many Books? (Five from Germany c. 1601 and a blank one at last count...) #Vexierbuch #DosADos @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Case C 823 .966)

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Save the date! T&F's Mark James FLS and Dr Anke Timmermann FLS (i.e.yours truly) will discuss Sir Joseph Banks' botanical discoveries at the Grantham Museum in September. More information and tickets available here: granthammuseum.org.uk/product/sir-...

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Charlotte Brontë opens Jane Eyre with her heroine reading it. Beatrix Potter copied its engravings as a child. It is, rightly, one of the most celebrated illustrated books in the English language — and we have a particularly fine copy at T&F:

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Calling all young book collectors who are interested in learning more about prize competitions! I will be part of a panel of book collecting prize judges and collectors discussing what makes a good collection, how to craft a winning entry, and how to avoid potential pitfalls in the process.

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Sarah Bull @sarahebull.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Some academic publishing contract advice: make sure your contract specifies 1. a qualified human copyeditor will copyedit on the MS; 2. a qualified human proofreader will proofread the MS; 3. that production must have a proper system for version control (!).

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A gentle reminder that there is still time to register for Ann Blair's talk on #Renaissance publishing. Join us @ransomcenter.bsky.social tomorrow night at 6 PM, CST. Or, if you can't travel to Austin, tune into our YouTube livestream. Either way, we hope to see you there! #booksky #skystorians 📚

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DR. ANN BLAIR: How Renaissance Scholars and Printers Decided on the Size of Books

Wed 21 Jan, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM [CST]: Dr. Ann Blair presents her lecture How Renaissance Scholars and Printers Decided on the Size of Books Printing in early modern Europe made few technical constraint...

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

If you can guess the subject of our new catalogue from this picture, chances are you will enjoy reading it! Leave a comment or email me at Type & Forme to receive the catalogue as early as our mailing list. #rarebooks #newcatalogue

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Fully back at work now: visiting clients, finding and delivering exceptional books and manuscripts, and providing valuations with an emphasis on detail and provenance. 2026 promises to be another interesting and exciting year!

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Happy New Year! For this month’s Council’s Choice, Julia King highlights the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain database, which aims to list every manuscript and printed book associated with an institutional library during the Middle Ages: bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...

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Council’s Choice for January 2026 - Bibliographical Society

Medieval Libraries of Great Britain In the spirit of the renewed year, one renewed Bodleian resource is sure to delight those interested in medieval libraries: the newly re-released Medieval Libraries...

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

As a former Munby Fellow I can highly recommend this fellowship! Please share widely. 📚

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Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Attention current University of Cambridge students! Entries are welcome for this year's Rose Book Collecting Prize until 30 January. Your collection doesn't need to be large or valuable; just interesting.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

In 1847, James Y. Simpson became the 1st surgeon to use chloroform as an anaesthetic during childbirth. Indeed, the 1st baby born under the drug’s influence was nicknamed Anaesthesia! Duncan Flockhart & Co. Ltd were the 1st British manufacturers of chloroform. #histmed #medicalhistory #skystorians

An old bottle of chloroform complete with yellowing label. Image: Wellcome Collection, London

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

'The time wore on towards midnight. ... The ringers grasped their ropes. "Go!" The bells gave tongue: Gaude, Sabaoth, John, Jericho, Jubilee, Dimity, Batty Thomas and Tailor Paul, rioting and exulting high up in the dark tower' (Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors). 📷 Grantham Guildhall, NYE 2025

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Whether you call it Twixmas, Crimbo Limbo, or Down Days: the final days of the year are - unarguably - the perfect time spend reading. Two-and-a-half centuries ago as now.

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Final post in the Tolkien series: his edition of the medieval ‘Ancrene Wisse’ – a medieval book of instruction for anchorites: begun in the 1930s, delayed by ‘The Silmarillion’, finally published in 1962.

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Tolkien's FIRST book – and a bibliographical curiosity to boot. We've just listed a 1922 first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's A Middle English Vocabulary (his very first publication), bound with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose. The twist? This copy has a title-page variant…

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Catalogue announcement! J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar. A Journey through the World of Middle English. (And for me, a return to my origins in English Language and Literature, the subjects I studied when I first entered higher education.)

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The first internet message was sent from UCLA fifty-six years ago 🌐 Watch PBS SoCal's "Lost L.A." host Nathan Masters visit UCLA Library Special Collections with internet pioneer, Prof. Leonard Kleinrock to see the logbook firsthand: www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-l... @uclasamueli.bsky.social

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How This Contraption at UCLA Sent the First DM

At UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock reveals proof of when the internet was born.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Mind has been officially blown by seeing Saturn and its moon Titan through the Mills Observatory Victorian 10" Cooke telescope. WOW! Every time I've visited before, the clouds have come too, but not today! This old technology still works perfectly with a clockwork tracking mechanism. Stunning 🥳👌 🔭

A long old and rather large (several meters long) telescope pointing out of an open telescope dome.

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Autumn visit to Woolsthorpe Manor, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton. In my previous life as a scholar of the history of alchemy, I would not have imagined that Newton’s school and the library he used as a child would be a 5 minutes’ walk from my office one day.

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Celebrating archival collections in Cambridge and beyond, join us for the 2025 Sandars Lecture Series by Joan Winterkorn MBE. 11 & 12 November, 5-6pm. 🎟️ Book your free tickets: loom.ly/Du7jSUs

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

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'.

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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

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Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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/...

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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🚨 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

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Oliver House @oliverhouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

What a wonderful achievement! #archives

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Oliver House @oliverhouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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!

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

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 🌘

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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 www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

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Stefan Höppner @stefanhoppner.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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.

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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).

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Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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

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Shakespeare family will found by historian - The National Archives

Red sealing wax seal and string on 1642 parchment will of Thomas Nash

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Dr Anke Timmermann @elixirlibri.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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

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