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Percy Bysshe Shelley died #otd 1822. Trinity’s unique #CreweCollection manuscript contains his public declaration of atheism in the visitors’ book at the Hôtel de Londres in Chamonix https://t.co/A4uUQjQ22k #Shelley200 #KeatsShelley200 @Keats_Shelley
Remembering the French writer and philosopher, Voltaire, who died #otd in 1778. Amongst the unusual curiosities held within the #CreweCollection is a fragment of Voltaire's dressing gown! Read more about the rare items within the collection here: https://t.co/OocuaI0QJB
Another birthday today, celebrating Florence Nightingale, born #otd in 1820. From the #CreweCollection, these statements show the voluntary contributions received by Nightingale for use within British war hospitals abroad. Catalogue record: https://t.co/C6jADUQGwS #WrenLibrary
Celebrating Francisco Goya's birth (#otd in 1746) with his - always pertinent - "Los desastres de la guerra" (The disasters of war), a collection of etchings, fully digitised as part of the #WrenDigitalLibrary. Browse them at https://t.co/ncfZHEP2yx. #CreweCollection
The Paris Commune was established in Paris #otd in 1871. This is the "Address of the General Council of the International Working-men's Association", published in London in the same year. From the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/Ly2KgdUBT2.
Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, was born #otd in 1915. We celebrate her life and legacy through the work we do on the amazing #CreweCollection, which she bequeated to Trinity Library. Read more about it at https://t.co/h2D5SXTO6I.
Bamber Gascoigne, so helpful in conveying the #CreweCollection from @WHorsleyPlace to the #WrenLibrary. His constant enthusiasm for the library will be very much missed.
Celebrating the life of Bamber Gascoigne CBE, a champion of heritage, history, arts and learning, and the founder of West Horsley Place Trust.
https://t.co/GLZW48WJMQ
#westhorsleyplace #bambergascoigne
It's nearly #Moliere400! 🎭🎉 We celebrate the birth of Molière (15 January 1622) with this 1718 edition of his works, from the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/ais1upfoHJ.
#Moliere2022
Happy birthday to Robert Crewe-Milnes, born #otd in 1858! A #TrinityCam alumnus, it is also thanks to him if today we can enjoy the marvels of the #CreweCollection. His bookplate from a copy of "Life's a dream" by Calderón de la Barca (cat. record at https://t.co/s7EBLt4mPu):
Six years ago #otd, the #CreweCollection arrived at #TrinityCam and, here in the library, we began working on it. What a great journey it has been (and still is). Read how the collection travelled from @WHorsleyPlace to Cambridge, and the work around it: https://t.co/OTRCausNx3.
We continue this week of anniversaries celebrating the birth of Jane Austen (#otd in 1775). This is the first edition of "Mansfield Park" (1814), from the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/8OdujaExAq.
A 16th-century otter, from "La nature et diversité des poissons", a hand-coloured collection of woodcuts by Pierre Belon. From the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Digitised at https://t.co/dBb7mVSz6L. #WoodcutWednesday
Poet and journalist Lord Alfred Douglas was born #otd in 1870. Better known as the lover of Oscar Wilde, he is the one who ultimately instigated the playwright's downfall. This blog post (from 2017) examines a work by Douglas in the #CreweCollection: https://t.co/DwHRTLcqF4.
For #BannedBooksWeek, these are Benedetto Menzini's Satires, published posthumously in 1718 and added to the Index of Forbidden Books two years later, in 1720. This 1763 edition is part of the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/uCdkJ0b8Qs
Happy birthday to 18th-century writer and politician Horace Walpole, born #otd in 1717! This is his bookplate, from an Italian book that belonged to him and is now part of the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/VxGFG2ZAk0.
Happy birthday to Julius Hare, #Trinity alumnus and fellow, born #otd in 1795! This is the first edition of "Guesses at truth by two brothers", written together with his brother Augustus; from the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/9PT3ggo949.
Happy 224th birthday to Mary Shelley, born #otd in 1797! This is the first edition of Frankenstein, published in 500 copies in London in 1818. From the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. Catalogue record at https://t.co/CdmAfZoD5T.
Remembering Richard Monckton Milnes, who died #otd in 1885. A #TrinityCam alumnus and MP, he amassed the core of what is now the #CreweCollection in the #WrenLibrary. News of his life and how the collection came to be is available on the timeline at https://t.co/P29NdwMF24.
Who will win? #EURO ⚽ 2020 #England #Italy #ItsComingHome #ItsComingToRome #ForzaAzzurri #ComeOnEngland
📷🇮🇹 "Raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi...", Bartolomeo Pinelli, Rome 1809, #CreweCollection
📷🇬🇧 "Dancing", Lady Frazer, London 1895, #GryllsCollection
A lovely post by @WHorsleyPlace dedicated to West Horsely Library, where the #CreweCollection lived before coming to the #WrenLibrary in 2015-16: https://t.co/DshIomjfk7.
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