Search Results for "provenance"
Book dust
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier looks at the three books donated to the Royal Society Library by mathematician Augustus De Morgan, all with intriguing inscriptions and insertions.
Haunting the shelves
history of scienceHow did the designer of a theatrical device to project ‘ghosts’ on the Victorian stage come to donate a significant collection of books to the Royal Society Library? Louisiane Ferlier investigates...
Lost and found
history of scienceFrom Galileo to Robert Hooke and Charles Darwin, Louisiane Ferlier casts a critical eye on media stories of treasures 'disappearing' from, and being 'rediscovered' in, archives and libraries.
The secret life of books
history of science91TV's Louisiane Ferlier examines the world of rare book collecting, and how important provenance can be when valuing works.
Our unusual ‘Chymist’
history of scienceRupert Baker responds to a census on Robert Boyle's 1661 book 'The Sceptical Chymist', and discovers some interesting facts about the copy in the Royal Society Library.