Frontispiece (vol. 1), in Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des metiers, 3rd ed., Livourne: de l’Imprimerie des Éditeurs, 1770-1776, 17 volumes. Special Collections, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
This and other books can be seen in the Knowledge Through Print: A Melbourne Perspective exhibition, continuing in the Leigh Scott Gallery, 1st floor, Baillieu Library, until 2 September 2012.
A postcard of two Japanese princesses sewing clothing and bedding from old kimonos for donation to the survivors of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. East Asian Rare Books Collection, University of Melbourne
This image is displayed as part of Glimpses of the East: treasures from the East Asian collection, 3rd floor, Baillieu Library, which will open for the University’s Cultural Treasures Festival, 28 and 29 July 2012, and will be on display until August.
The Rialto, detail of third and fourth stories, c.1890, William Pitt, 1977.0115, University of Melbourne Archives
Exhibition: A Wealth of Details, ground floor, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, 26 July – 12 August, open during library hours. (See http://library.unimelb.edu.au/hours#baillieu_library.)
In partnership with Melbourne Open House and as part of the University of Melbourne’s Cultural Treasures Festival (28-29 July) University of Melbourne Archives has prepared a brochure and exhibition, A Wealth of Details, showing plans, photographs and documents to give further insight into buildings open during the weekend.
Above: The rhino, in The Historie of Fovre-footed Beastes …, by Edward Topsell, London: Printed by William Jaggard, 1607, p. 595. Gift of the Alfred Hart Bequest, Special Collections, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
The biennial University of Melbourne Cultural Treasures Festival is a free program of exhibitions, walks, talks, seminars, demonstrations, displays and guided tours—all showcasing the University’s of Melbourne’s rich array of museums and collections. Included among the many walks through the historic Parkville campus will be programs focusing on botanical, medical, musical and scientific collections, architecture and ‘Cultural rubble’, a guided tour of some of the outdoor sculptures. In addition, staff and researchers will be running seminars and presentations.
This free, two-day event will take place over the weekend of 28 and 29 July 2012. On the same weekend two other major events will be held on campus: the 39th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair (in the splendid Wilson Hall), and the Melbourne Open House program, which gives visitors a rare opportunity to explore numerous buildings of architectural interest, including some of the colleges.
For further information about the Cultural Treasures Festival 2012 see www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/treasuresdays, email cultural-collections@unimelb.edu.au or call (03) 8344 0216. The website will be updated as new programs are confirmed. Bookings for tours are essential.
Image: Frontispiece (vol. 1), in Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des metiers, 3rd ed., Livourne: de l’Imprimerie des Éditeurs, 1770-1776, 17 volumes. Special Collections, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne.
Exhibition – Knowledge Through Print: A Melbourne Perspective, 12 June to 2 September 2012, Leigh Scott Gallery, Baillieu Library
This exhibition takes as its starting point – and as a basis for a certain critical distance – the great London event of 1963: Printing and the Mind of Man. Exhibited at the British Museum and Earls Court, Printing and the Mind of Man explored the technical progress of printing as a craft, the finest achievements of printing as an art, and the impact of printing on the development of western thought. A number of titles represented in 1963 are displayed here, but this exhibition also aims, in a much smaller compass, to recognise some of the things that have changed in half a century. Scholarship on print and the history of the book is featured, along with 20th-century works by Australian and New Zealand thinkers and savants.
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