Category Archives: Rare Books Collection

Provenance Times Two: An Early Gift and the Origins of Crimson and White (o Rosso e Bianco)

One of the many projects we are working on at the Hoole Special Collections Library centers around our foreign language rare books. Right now we’re spending some time with the Italian rare books in our collection. One thing we find … Continue reading

Not Running with the Bulls, but Sailing with the Cow’s Head

The famed San Fermin Festival and the “running of the bulls” in Pamplona, Spain is held at this time every year. Whatever one may think about this long-practiced tradition, there is one thing that all can agree upon — the … Continue reading

On Subversive Words, Meat and Threes, and the Lasting Importance of Ephemera

“Paris is flooded with words, people are speaking loudly and openly; leaflets are scattered in the shops, people are stubborn in their opinions.” Revolution takes ideas — and ideas are spread through words. Arlette Farge, in her book, Subversive Words: … Continue reading

Voyages dans l’Amérique Septentrionale — Collot’s Atlas now online!

In 1796, French general and military engineer Georges Henri Victor Collot descended the Ohio and Mississippi rivers on a spying mission from the French government. Returning to France in 1800, Collot died in 1805. His Voyages dans l’Amérique Septentrionale was … Continue reading