Earlier this year the rare books team acquired a significant, and rather pretty, addition to its developing Bible Collection. This Bible, a 1589 folio production of Luther’s edition, was acquired with generous…
This week’s binding post is taking a slightly different turn: instead of focusing on one book, we’re looking at a collection of over 100. In, or around, 1645 Francis Scott, the 2nd Earl of Buccleuch, presented to St…
This week’s binding post is one of the true treasures of the Rare Books collection here at St Andrews: the first edition of the Ostrog Bible. The Ostrog Bible is the first edition of the Bible printed in Slavonic and…
This week’s binding post is a heavy-weight from the Alchemy Collection. It is found on the 1561 Officina Frobeniana printing of Georg Agricola’s De re metallica libri XII. This book is the second edition of Agricola’s…