Rare books, manuscripts, music, ephemera…
20th February 2020
No catalogue on Anglo-German cultural relations would be complete without at least one mention of Prince Albert and the Great Exhibition. One of our favourite things in the catalogue is item 191, a very rare and attractive Great Exhibition souvenir. Taking inspiration from the popular nursery rhyme ‘The House that Jack built’, the large cotton […]
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20th January 2015
In two weeks’ time I shall be exhibiting at the 48th California International Antiquarian Book Fair in Oakland. As ever, what to take? Whatever else will go in the trunks, this is certainly on the list: It’s a large (605 × 558 mm) visual puzzle commemorating the Congress of Berlin in 1878, following the Russo-Turkish War, and […]
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