The Books and Borrowing team are pleased to announce the release of the Chambers’ Library Map of Borrowers, 1827-1830. What[…]
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Mrs Felix Yaniewicz and the Chambers’ Circulating Library, 1829
Sometimes the stars seem to align when going research. For Books and Borrowing, the configuration of the arrival and transcription[…]
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Forgotten Best-Sellers: Alain-René Lesage, Gil Blas (1715-35)
Over the past few weeks, prompted by seeing a copy of it in Walter Scott’s library during our trip to[…]
Read moreThe Final Year: What Goes In?
The end of Year 2 is an odd time for a project like this. We can, I think, rightly be[…]
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