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Rare Books & Special Collections
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The Aitken Bible(s)
https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/07/22/the-aitken-bibles/
Published: July 22, 2026 16:12
During the Revolutionary War, Robert Aitken famously printed the first complete Bible in English in North America. Decades later, his daughter, Jane Aitken, also printed a Bible credited with notable “firsts.”
Leonard Kebler’s Legacy: Don Quixote, The Origin of Species, The Book of Mormon, and much more
Published: July 15, 2026 14:36
Leonard Kebler made generous gifts to the Library in the 1940s and 50s that included rare Americana, hundreds of editions of Miguel Cervantes’s Don Quixote, and a beautiful Book of Hours.
Tower of Wisdom
https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/07/08/tower-of-wisdom/
Published: July 8, 2026 21:44
The fifteenth-century encyclopedic manuscript in the Rosenwald Collection, Rosenwald 4, includes a diagram attributed to the thirteenth-century Franciscan, Master John of Metz. Called the "Tower of Wisdom" (Turris sapientiae), the diagram nests 131…
The 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
Published: July 1, 2026 14:22
250 years ago this weekend, the United States officially declared its independence from Great Britain. Here are a few historical highlights and factoids about the making of the Declaration to enrich your celebration of the holiday.
Our Common Ground: Reflections on a Day of Creativity, Adventure, and Play
Published: June 24, 2026 16:56
On May 14, 2026, the Rare Book and Special Collections Division welcomed visitors to the Library of Congress for Our Common Ground: 250 Years of Americans Engaging with Nature, a symposium exploring the many ways Americans have experienced and interpreted…
Pigment Analysis of Joyce’s Ulysses Blue: Ineluctable Modality of the Visible and the Infrared
Published: June 16, 2026 19:19
For the cover of the 1922 first edition of Ulysses, James Joyce desired a particular shade of "Greek blue" to evoke the novel's correspondences to Homer and The Odyssey. Thanks to the scientists at the Library of Congress, we now know the exact mixture of…
Upcoming Webinar: “Making the Declaration”
https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/06/09/upcoming-webinar-making-the-declaration/
Published: June 9, 2026 17:06
As part of the Library of Congress's celebration of the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding, we are hosting a webinar titled "Making the Declaration" this Thursday, June 11, at noon.
Healing Books: History of Health and Medicine at the Library of Congress
Published: June 3, 2026 15:49
The Library owns many groundbreaking books from medicine’s past, some of them illustrated with images that make us glad we live in the 21st century. Topics range from anatomy and herbals to childbirth and Native American medical knowledge.
America 250 Film Series (Pt. III)
https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/05/27/america-250-film-series-pt-iii/
Published: May 27, 2026 18:58
Step back onto the trail with the Library of Congress’s latest From the Vaults videos, where rare books, maps, photographs, and illustrations open new paths into the nation’s history through the lens of nature. From Yellowstone and bald eagles to botanical…
Marianne Moore and the Utopian Turtletop
https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2026/05/20/marianne-moore-and-the-utopian-turtletop/
Published: May 20, 2026 14:07
In 1955 the Ford Motor Company solicited American poet Marianne Moore to devise a name for a new line of cars in development. The exchange of letters between Ms. Moore and the executives first came to light in an April 13, 1957, issue of The New Yorker. …