Great launch in TCD's Long Room of Jane Ohlmeyer's new book Making Empire.....

Nothing more annoying than not getting your spacing quite right!
This volume on the history of the kingdom of Naples printed in 1563, was shelved flat at some stage, hence the title on the tail-edge. It has been (upright) on our shelves since 1707 #RareBooks #edges #bindings

I had a magnificent tour of Marsh's Library with my TCD History Atlantic Island students today. They were much taken with the maps in the Go West exhibition and even more so by a 1670s map of Jamaica bound into a copy of the Acts of the Jamaican Assembly.

Some very characterful #owls from Francis Willughby's Ornithology, 1676

Apparently, the beautiful people of Condé Nast Traveler recommend a visit to Marsh's Library: cntraveler.com/gallery/dublin…

If you're in London on Tuesday 14 Nov, this talk about a collection of 2,200 #huguenot books smuggled out of La Rochelle (pictured) in 1685 will be good. Full details here: marshlibrary.ie/randolph-vigne…

The bezoar stone found inside the stomach of the bezoar goat was once thought to be a cure for most poisons & cost many times its weight in gold. And they still use it in the wizarding world, as Harry Potter fans will know! From Pierre Pomet's 'Complete history of drugs', 1725.

Detail of Clonakilty and surrounds, showing Inchydoney Island before it was attached to the mainland. From a Maritime survey of Ireland, 1776.

Feast your eyes on this watermark beauty from a letter written on June 16, 1674 to our first librarian, Élie Bouhéreau (1643-1719) #Archives #Letters #Patrimoine

Ooooh, we love anything to do with letters in French from this period...... #bouhereau
Unopened 18th-century love letters to French sailors read for first time theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

The orobon fish from Ulisse Aldrovandi's book of Monsters, 1642. Another reason to stay out of the sea! #RareBooks #NaturalHistory

We were delighted to welcome these fantastic authors for a photoshoot in Marsh's.