Jun 10
At yesterday's exhibition we displayed Les œuures d'Ambroise Paré (1652). Paré was a surgeon who pioneered the use of ligatures during amputations. We were not expecting to find dragons....🐲
#UniversityCollegeOxford #UnivLibrary #specialcollections #dragons
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Jun 9
Thank you to everyone who came along to our latest Rarities Revealed! We were pleased to show you some of Univ's treasures, including Kepler's 'Somnium', published posthumously. This edition is from 1634.
#UniversityCollegeOxford #SpecialCollections #UnivLibrary
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May 25
We still have our Victorian bookplate (from around 1860), in it's original, velvet lined case. You may recognize the bookplate from some items in our collections!
Our current bookplate was designed in 2011
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#UnivLibrary #UniversityCollegeOxford #bookplates
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May 20
The College Librarian has once again created some amazing coaster keepsakes for Trinity Term. Please feel free to pick them up from either library.
These were hand-printed using the traditional letterpress method
#juxonpress #letterpress #univlibrary
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May 15
Help us to complete the moth jigsaw! The image is from a 1903 German translation of Oscar Wilde's Salome.
Find it upstairs in the Old Library!
#puzzles #univlibrary #specialcollections #universitycollegeoxford
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May 7
The sun is out, so quiet book club is outside today from 11-12! Please feel free to use the picnic blanket and any of the books 🌞📖
#univlibrary #universitycollegeoxford
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Apr 30
Whilst undertaking some research into the Robert Ross Memorial Collection here at Univ, our Librarian found this gem from the Daily Mail (1905).
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6 Jun 2024
Just because it’s #throwbackthursday, here’s our lovely Poynton Reading Room, as then and now.
#Univ #universitycollegeoxford #Univlibrary
Cc @univlib
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24 Jun 2021
My latest Univ Treasure all about publishers’ prospectuses! @univlibrary @UnivOxford
#publishing #nineteenthcentury #bookhistory #rarebooks #specialcollections #aubreybeardsley #oscarwilde #prospectus #prospectuses #cataloguing #booktrade
univ.ox.ac.uk/news/promoting…
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11 Nov 2014
Wonens College, AMU is a UG institution 4girls.Self contained.With splendid library.
UnivLibrary gives access for all PG/prof course girls
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