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Another Tale of Peter Rabbit: celebrating the 150th birthday of Beatrix Potter with some lesser known stories of a remarkable artist and writer
On 28th July 2016 we celebrate 150 years since the birth of the gifted children’s illustrator and writer, Helen Beatrix Potter in 1866. She was known …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/07/28/another-tale-of-peter-rabbit-celebrating-the-150th-birthday-of-beatrix-potter-with-some-lesser-known-stories-of-a-remarkable-artist-and-writer
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Shakespeare in Steel: exploring links between Edward Dowden’s ‘Shakespeare Scenes & Characters’ and the ‘Gallerie Shakespeare’ portfolio of engravings. Part I.
On the 15th July 2016, the University of Melbourne’s highly anticipated After Shakespeare exhibition was officially opened, in the Noel Shaw Gallery of the Baillieu Library. …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/07/19/shakespeare-in-steel-exploring-links-between-edward-dowdens-shakespeare-scenes-characters-and-the-gallerie-shakespeare-portfolio-of-engravings-part-i
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A 16th century historical feast – leap into Rare Book Week by visiting the Chronicle exhibition (14th-24th July 2016)
Chronicle exhibition The Baillieu Library is excited to announce for one week only an exclusive exhibition of recent acquisitions from the Kerry Stokes Collection, which have …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/07/18/a-16th-century-historical-feast-leap-into-rare-book-week-by-visiting-the-chronicle-exhibition-14th-21st-july-2016
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A novella for entrée, an encyclopaedia for main course, and a digest for dessert: the literary tastes of the larval bookworm
For many of us, the term ‘bookworm’ conjures up two popular creatures which inhabit the dimly lit recesses of libraries. One the pale voracious bibliophile, with …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/06/29/a-novella-for-entree-an-encyclopaedia-for-main-course-and-a-digest-for-dessert-the-literary-tastes-of-the-larval-bookworm
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A Medieval Beetle in the Rare Books Collection
While much is known about the cultural depiction of beetles in the Classical period and during the Renaissance, much less is known about the cultural representation …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/05/16/a-medieval-beetle-in-the-rare-books-collection
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