Des Cowley on the Emmerson Collection
Join History of the Book Manager Des Cowley for an overview of the John Emmerson collection, one of the world's largest collection of rare English...
State Library Victoria is open ANZAC Day, Thursday 25 April, from 10 am to 6 pm.
History & politics52Collection insights43Exhibitions36Australian history32Artists & writers30art26Family History Feast25Popular culture18art & design18world of the book17Culture17printmaking15WWI14literature14illustration13military13Family history13war13architecture13world of the book13performance12Big ideas under the dome12State Library Victoria12family history feast11books11Rome: Piranesi's vision11Giovanni Battista Piranesi11Australian history11children's books11rare books9creative fellows8History of the book8human rights7music7creative fellows7Victorian history7family history7Writing the war7literature6Library collections6cultural history6Poetry Slam6education6library6artists' books6library fellowships6fellowships6Foxcroft Lecture6digital technology6Exhibition talks & tours5Melbourne5social justice5poetry5WWII5Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture5Multicultural history4library fellowships4poetry slam4culture4performance4history4artists and writers4foxcroft lecture4Library collections4one object many stories4indigenous people4author in conversation4Redmond Barry lecture4Redmond Barry Lecture4author in conversation4journalism4collections3storytelling3White Night3youth literature3Gusto!3history of the book3Don Grant Lecture3literacy3gender issues3Artists' books3food3velvet iron ashes3culinary history3persian manuscripts3exhibitions3genealogy3victorian history3Ned Kelly3Making Public Histories3Collection insights3Environment3library fellows2velvet iron ashes2pop culture2art2food2interior design2health2design2victoria gallery2books2Indigenous people2fellowship2music2Exhibitions & tours2social justice2graphic design2India2family history records2diaries and manuscripts2australian literature2sport2web2world war one2victoria gallery2spoken word2popular culture2foreign policy2rare books2Indigenous Australians2national security2Gallipoli2Law2book printing2Ned Kelly2State Library of Victoria2Journalism2Fromelles2
Join History of the Book Manager Des Cowley for an overview of the John Emmerson collection, one of the world's largest collection of rare English...
Rare Books Librarian, Jan McDonald, reveals her two favourite volumes of botanical illustrations from the early 19th century.
Listen to the 2015 Foxcroft lecture presented by Donald Kerr, discussing the libraries of three notable New Zealand book collectors.
Watch our lively panel discussion on the most interesting and challenging aspects of contemporary book design.
Barbara Brend on two of the world’s great illuminated manuscripts known as the ‘Khamsas’ or ‘Five Poems’.
See why Melbourne is a major centre for Australian printmaking and artists' books.
What are artists’ books and why are there so many in the Library’s Rare Printed collections?
Danger, book alert! In the age of the iPad, eBook and Kindle, are books dead?
Showing 17 out of 17 results