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One of only three known surviving copies of A Complete Map of All Under Heaven by Cao…
Christie's' Cabinet des Livres by Pierre Brossette sale of the Lyon businessman's collection…
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A complete set of Theodor de Bry's Voyages in Latin including both the Grands Voyages (America) and the Petits Voyages (Africa and Asia) will go under the hammer at Stockholms Auktionsverk next month.
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Freeman’s | Hindman’s major Abraham Lincoln auction yesterday which featured early manuscripts and rare items connected to his assassination made a total of $7,899,994. 
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Artifacts from America's outlaw history go under the hammer at RR Auction this week.The Old West, Outlaws, Lawmen, and Gangsters sale closing on May 22 features a handwritten letter from Clyde Barrow to his brother, scrawled on the back of a photograph of one of the gang's Gulf Coast hideouts…
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The Getty Villa Museum closed on the morning of January 7 when the site was threatened by the Palisades Fire, and since then Getty has worked closely with its own staff and partnering agencies to test the grounds to ensure that the site and buildings are safe for the public to return.  
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Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron which explores the revolutionary work of one of photography’s most pioneering and influential figures runs at The Morgan Library & Museum from May 30 through September 14.
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Unearthed: The Power of Gardening running through August 10 at the British Library is a major new exhibition exploring the transformative and sometimes radical power of gardening in Britain.Unearthed considers the role gardening has played in social and political movements from the Diggers and True…
Book Fairs
The most substantial manuscript by Horatio Nelson still in private hands is being offered for sale at Firsts London running until May 18 at the Saatchi Gallery in London by Peter Harrington for £450,000.
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Researchers have confirmed that what was believed to have been a copy of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is actually an original from 1300.The authentication by Magna Carta experts from King’s College London and the University of East Anglia means the document is one of only seven surviving…
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The Library of Congress has acquired the photographs, manuscripts and periodical collection of Raúl Ruiz, a leading figure in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles beginning in the 1960s. Ruiz (1940-2019) was an activist, journalist, photographer, educator and political candidate who advocated…
Auctions
Freeman’s | Hindman's Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln auction of manuscripts, letters, campaign ephemera, keepsakes and personal effects will be held live and online on May 21.