“Farewel, my friends! farewel, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those: The bursting tears my heart declare- Farewel, the bonie banks of Ayr!” — Robert Burns, 1786 The staff of the Rare Books Department extends its heartfelt condolences to the family of Frederick S. Buchanan (1931-2016). Professor...
“I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right, then, I’ll GO to hell.’” THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN… Mark Twain (1835-1910) London: Chatto &...
“…let my mind meditate upon it; let my tongue speak of it. Let my heart love it; let my mouth talk of it. Let my soul hunger for it; let my flesh thirst for it; let my whole being desire it…” OPERA Saint Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury...
A LETTER ON THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE… William Wilberforce (1759-1833) London: Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons for T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1807 First edition “Old concessions are retracted; exploded errors are revived; and we find we have the greater part of our work to do...
“We are embracing the process of making the book.” — Allison Milham, Book Arts Program Community Outreach Coordinator. Allison Milham (Book Arts Program) and Luise Poulton (Rare Books) teamed up to curate an exhibition featuring the work of library and guest instructors for the Book Arts Program’s...
THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE AND THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER Boston: Ebenezer Rhoades (for the proprietor) at the Printing-Office opposite the Court-House, Court-Street, vol. XXXII, number 1964, Monday, January 13 to Thursday, January 16, 1800 The front page of this issue begins with a eulogy for George Washington by the...
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his...
During Fall Semester, 2015, University of Utah graduate students in SPAN6900-2 Analyzing Texts: Form and Content visited Rare Books. During the third and final session with Rare Books, the students were introduced to late 20th century/early 21st century fine press and artists’ books. The session...
DE RERUM NATURA LIBROS SEX, AD EXEMPLARIUM… Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99 BCE – ca. 55 BCE) Londini: Impensis editoris, typis A. Hamilton, 1796-7 PA6482 A2 1796 oversize De Rerum Natura is the only surviving work of Lucretius. It is a didactic poem in six books, in which the...
QUAE PRAESENTI ENCHIRIDIO CONTINEANTUR… Lucius Apuleius (ca. 124-170) Florence: Philippi de Giunta, February, 1512 PA6207 M2 1512 “O holy and blessed dame, the perpetuall comfort of humane kind, who by thy bounty and grace nourishest all the world, and hearest a great affection to the adversities of the miserable,...
