This is the first post in a new weekly miniseries about advertisements in 19th century books. The nineteenth century was an incredible period for tourism in the Alps. From the mid-eighteenth century onwards, the…
A Holiday in Iceland by N.L van Gruisen, Junr. (London 1879), though an unassuming little volume, caught my attention every time I passed it on the shelf. Since I visited Iceland last year I have held a fascination…
These vibrant illustrations of the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ and angels come from an Ethiopian psalter purchased for Special Collections last summer. Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian countries, having been…