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Dave Richards: “I Give These Books: The History of Yale University Library, 1656-2022”

Sponsored by The Grolier Club Grolier member David Alan Richards (Stamford, CT), retired lawyer and literary, social, and legal historian, will give an illustrated talk on his new book from Oak Knoll Press, "I Give These Books: The History of Yale University Library, 1656-2022." This is the first history to be written of a library […]

Bibliophilic Delights from the Gennadius Library in Athens

Sponsored by The Grolier  Club Maria Georgopoulou on the latest discoveries of how the Gennadius Library in Athens came to be. With highlights including early editions of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and a laurel wreath belonging to Lord Byron, the Library sheds light on Hellenism, Greece, and neighboring civilizations from antiquity to modern times. Register […]