Heritage Centre : Book of the Month

Book of the Month

Each month the Library of the Heritage Centre will feature one of the many important historical books within the collection, providing a fascinating insight into the intellectual interests of the College and its Fellows across more than five centuries, since the birth of printing in Europe.

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Books of the month
Frontispiece from Camden's Britannia, 1600 edition, featuring Stonehenge in the centre at the base of the page
 16th century 'pop-up' book. Each figure has seven layers of detail beneath the flap of the torso. Thomas Gemini wrote this English language version of Vesalius's modern anatomy of 1543.
Frontispiece from Camden's Britannia, 1600 edition, featuring Stonehenge in the centre at the base of the page 16th century 'pop-up' book. Each figure has seven layers of detail beneath the flap of the torso. Thomas Gemini wrote this English language version of Vesalius's modern anatomy of 1543.
The hand-coloured wood-cut illustration of the pomegranate in his world-famous 16th century Herball. Gerard was the planstman of the College, and the 'pomegranate' features on our coat of arms. Perspective engraving from the 17th century mathematics work by Marolois. This copy was once owned by Ben Jonson.
The hand-coloured wood-cut illustration of the pomegranate in his world-famous 16th century Herball. Gerard was the planstman of the College, and the 'pomegranate' features on our coat of arms. Perspective engraving from the 17th century mathematics work by Marolois. This copy was once owned by Ben Jonson

 

 

 

 


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