History and Art of the Book Collection
This collection, one of the component collections of the Australian Library of Art, showcases and preserves rare and fine books reflecting the art, craft, history and impact of the printed book.
The collection includes works illustrating the development of English colour printing during the 19th century, a representative collection of English and American private presses, examples of fine book production and designer bookbindings.
Reference books about the history of publishing, typography, paper-making, printing, marbling, binding and associated book-making technologies are collected, along with examples of these crafts. The collection also includes books printed before 1842, Australiana published before 1900 and a small collection of books on horse racing in Australia.
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Walter Crane The Baby's bouquet: a fresh bunch of old rhymes & tunes 1878 Call No. RB 784.624 1878
The yellow book: an illustrated quarterly 1894-97 Call No. RB 820.5
Lothar Meggendorfer Look at me: a new movable toybook 1891 Call No. RB 741 1891
H. Noel Humphreys The illuminated calendar and home diary for 1845 Call No. RB 096.1 1844
Owen Jones and Henry Warren The history of Joseph and his brethren: Genesis chaprs XXXVII, XXXVIII, XL.1865 Call No. RB 222.11052 1865
Diogenes Laertius Laertii Diogenis Vitae et sententiae eorum qui in philosophia probati fuerunt 1475 Call No. RB 180 1475
Works from the antiquities collection including an Egyptian funerary cone, Sumerian cuneiform tablet and envelope (2028 BCE), Roman marble memorial tablet (150-200 CE) and a Babylonian brick fragment with cuneiform characters (557-539 BCE)
