Academic Images

Beautiful, curious, and historical images of academic figures, campuses, and libraries.

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Mitch told me this morning that he thinks he read somewhere that the library at Harvard has books bound in human skin. Well, as my momma would say, “shore enough!” I looked it up. Apparently that wasn’t uncommon in the 15th century. 😬

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New York Public Library | NYC

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Library Annex, Luxembourg Palace | Paris, France

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Malloch Rare Book Room at the New York Academy of Medicine Library | NYC

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Admont Abbey Library | Admont, Austria

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Geisel Library | University of California, San Diego

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Stephen Hawking | Age 12

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Stephen Hawking as a child

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Abbey Library of St. Gall | Switzerland

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Stuttgart City Library

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TU Delft Library | South Holland, Netherlands

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Library of the Upper Lusatia Society of Sciences | Gorlitz, Germany

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Bromley House Library | Nottingham, England

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Stuttgart City Library

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Interior, Belarus National Library | Minsk

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New York Public Library

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Athenaeum of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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State Library | South Australia

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The New Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

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New York Public Library, Main Branch Building | NYC