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Salisbury Cathedral has received an early Christmas present from Friends of the Nations’ Libraries…
The oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments which dates to the Late Roman-Byzantine…
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SP Books has releasing a facsimile edition of The Rossetti Manuscript notebook with William Blake's writings and sketches published alongside Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s editorial annexe for the first time.
Heritage Auctions' November 25 Photographs from the Collection of Eric Franck sale featues photographs taken by his brother-in-law Henri Cartier-Bresson, plus Josef Koudelka, Chris Killip and Graham Smith.
Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia macrocosmica, an outstanding example of Dutch cartography, will go on show to the public for the first time at the National Trust’s Blickling Estate in Norfolk following specialist conservation (November 30 through January 5).Only about 20 copies of the atlas…
The sale of the contents of the much-loved British comedian Eric Morecambe's home will come to auction early in 2025 including his joke sketch ideas, writing desk, and correspondence, as well as his trademark pipe and spectacles.The Eric Morecambe Collection at Hansons Auctioneers will commemorate…
A 1788 first edition, thick paper copy of The Federalist has sold at Freeman’s | Hindman’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana auction for $203,200, the top lot of the $1.85m total sale.
The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach whose songs are best known for influencing popular music starting in the late 1950s.
A rare letter signed by Thomas Jefferson written eight days after he assumed the role of America's first Secretary of State has sold for $41,590 at RR Auction.
An original set of working lyrics from Johnny Rotten for two anthems from the Sex Pistols’ 1977 debut album Never Mind the Bollocks will go under the hammer at RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music auction.
Dating to the Late Byzantine period and approximately 1,500 years old, Sotheby’s will auction the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments next month with an estimate of $1-$2m.It is the only complete tablet of the Ten Commandments still extant from this early era (ca. 300-800 CE) and…
Friends of the Nations’ Libraries is leading a campaign to raise £90,000 to buy a 13th century Bible illuminated by the famed Sarum Master and to donate it to Salisbury Cathedral, returning it home after nearly eight centuries.
