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THREE DISCOVERIES IN ONE: New Evidence for a Book Bound and Owned in Ulm, ca....
Three discoveries by three different researchers have cast new light on a remarkable 500-year-old book that has been at Princeton University since 1873: Otto von Passau’s Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder...
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Princeton Acquires a Vellum Fragment of the Gutenberg Bible Preserved as a...
Biblia Latina (The 42-Line Bible). [Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1455]. Princeton University Library’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is pleased to announce the acquisition of the...
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Princeton Acquires Hidden Gutenbergian Donatus Leaf
“Time will bring to light whatever is hidden” – Horace We first met online: When this 1483 Venice edition of the poetic works of Horace was offered on a bookseller’s website on August 31, 2017, my eyes...
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The Only Copy in America of Virgil’s Bucolica [Strasbourg: Heinrich...
Vergilius Maro, Publius. Bucolica [Strasbourg : Heinrich Eggestein, about 1473-74] f°. Goff V-203. Oversize VRG 2945.325.001q Given the rich holdings of Virgil’s poetry in Princeton University...
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Two Major Discoveries among Princeton University Library’s Printed Binding...
Princeton University Library is home to several hundred early printed fragments discovered within old bookbindings. These are the vestiges of old printed books, which, having fallen out of use...
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Non finito: Unfinished Initials in Princeton’s 1469 Apuleius
Unfinished initial and border in Princeton’s Apuleius (Rome: Sweynheym & Pannartz, 1469). The first edition of the works of Lucius Apuleius of Madauros (ca. 124–ca. 170 CE), a North African...
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WHAT COULD BE BETTER? Pairing and Comparing the Scheide and Kane Copies of...
Question: What could be better for the study of early printed books than examining a copy of a rare 15th-century edition? Answer: Examining two copies of a rare 15th-century edition. Thanks to...
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Mystery Solved: A Long-Lost Spanish Vocabulario (ca. 1492-93) Comes to Light...
Alfonso de Palencia, Universal vocabulario (Seville, 1490), EXI Oversize 2530.693q Many of the most important discoveries in the study of rare books are the results of fruitful collaborations. In this...
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The First American Edition of ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ (1767)
Recently acquired. The Michael Zinman copy of the first American edition of The Vicar of Wakefield. (2022-0031N). With contemporary signature ‘Sally Walker’ and later signature ‘S.W. Tarleton.’ How do...
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What is the language of the text on this page?
Quiz: What is the language of the text on this page? A) German B) Latin C) Chinese D) Turkish This rare book was brought to our attention by Professor Matthew Grenby of the University of Newcastle,...
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