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  1. Chance and fortune: gaming in France

    More than merely children’s toys, playing cards have a long and fascinating history. In printmaking, they represent some of the earliest examples of the media as …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/05/09/chance-and-fortune-gaming-in-france

  2. Facing The Dragon Arum

    The Dragon Arum or Dracunculus vulgaris (1801), a striking mezzotint illustration, was added to the collection by Rare Books in 2017 and is currently on prominent display …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/04/19/facing-the-dragon-arum

  3. Pygmies versing beasts according to Homer and Pliny

    According to Homer, there existed a tribe of Pygmies, or diminutive people one-and-a-half feet tall, who were constantly at war with cranes (The Iliad book III). …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/03/19/pygmies-versing-beasts-according-to-homer-and-pliny

  4. Yolngu culture comes to the Baillieu Library Print Collection

    ‘May I have a volunteer to cut off their hair.’ This was the arresting opening statement to the art history tutorial led by Yolngu elder and …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/10/26/yolngu-culture-comes-to-the-baillieu-library-print-collection

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