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Building a Library in the Seventeenth (and the Twenty-first) Century
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<html><body><p>Many of the books in Swem Library's Special Collections have been gifted by individual donors who have themselves built up their own private collections.
Is Smaller Better? (When talking about textbooks)
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<html><body><p>The University of Leiden in the Netherlands, founded in 1575, is the country's oldest; it is also now one of the study abroad opportunities offered to William
"A Christmas present of real and enduring value" : Ferdinand Seidel's Natural History with 179 Copperplate Engravings.
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<html><body><p>"Buy 5 Get 1 Free" - that is how the publisher advertised the 1805 edition of Ferdinand Seidel's<em> Naturhistorisches Kupferwerk : mit erklare
"'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
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<html><body><p>Everyone knows these famous lines even if the rest of the poems escapes them. "A Visit from St.
Lasting Impressions: Printing from the Fifteenth Century to Today
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<html><body><p>In the basement of Swem Library is a room used mostly for storage. Along two walls are machines and wooden cases full of drawers.
Art in the SCRC Collections
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<html><body><p style="text-align: left;">SCRC has an active instruction schedule during the academic year, as professors from all departments bring their students in to
Story of Boyhood Reveals Well-Known Nature Advocate's Skill in Inventing
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<html><body><p>Tucked among countless other books in the Special Collections stacks of rare books lies a rather unassuming looking text.
The £105.00 Mystery: Horatia Nelson's Book
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<html><body><p>By Ellen Cloyed, W&M Libraries Rare Books Cataloger</p>
The World of Buster Brown -According to Tige, His Dog
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<html><body><p>The Chapin-Horowitz Collection is my go-to treasure-trove for fun and unexpected sources on pretty much any undergraduate course topic that comes our way during the
The Library of St. George Tucker
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<html><body><p>Swem Library's Special Collections holds the library of St. George Tucker. The library has been described by Jill M. Coghlan ("The Library of St.
Recollections of Two Beloved Wives
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<html><body><p>Bishop William Meade graduated at the top of his class at Princeton.
A Rebel's Book of Napoleon
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From the Cradle of Printing into the Classroom
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<html><body><p>One of the titles we will be showing in two upcoming instruction sessions this week, the 1483 <a href="
Sarpi's History of the Council of Trent and Captain Nicholas Humfrys
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Pressing On Into the Future
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<html><body><p><drupal-media data-align="right" data-caption=" Manuale Typographicum by Hermann Zapf (Vinyard Collection, RB Z250.
Conservation of Alexander Galt Diary
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<html><body><p>Alexander Galt was an American sculptor born in Norfolk, Va. in 1827. He spent time studying in Italy from 1849-1853.
Spell-Bound – Setting the Stage for Magic!
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<html><body><p><strong>The semester, and with it class visits to Special Collections, are in full swing.