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Publications
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers for sale exhibition catalogs and, under the Soybean Press imprint, original, hand-printed works.
Listed below are recent exhibition catalogs. To purchase a title, please send a check payable to; “University of Illinois,” to the following address:
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
University of Illinois Library, Room 346
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
Dante at Illinois, an exhibition at The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, explores the medieval Italian poet’s fame and critical reception from the fifteenth to the twenty–first centuries. The exhibition, curated by Rare Book Cataloging Project Manager Christopher D. Cook, is opened to the public on the 685th anniversary of Dante’s death, and celebrated the rich holdings of Dante materials at the University of Illinois Library. Featured items included a 1481 volume with illustrations by Botticelli, a miniature 1629 edition, and manuscript material by the poet W.S. Merwin.
A catalog of the exhibition is available for purchase at $10.00 (includes Priority Mail shipping costs) per copy at The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (see contact information above). The catalog contains a forward by Valerie Hotchkiss, Head of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and descriptions all thirty-two exhibit items, and contains more than a dozen color illustrations.
Love Thy Neighbor: An Exhibition Commemorating the Completion of the Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine
To celebrate the long-awaited completion of the Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine, The Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign mounted an exhibition from November 16, 2007 through February 22, 2008. The display featured rare Anglican and Episcopal books from the Library’s collection that illustrate the history of the English Reformation and the growth of Anglicanism and its spread to the New World. Highlights included embroidered book bindings, the earliest Anglican prayer book with musical notation, and books related to church buildings. The first edition of the Book of Common Prayer (1549) was on display, as well as a volume once owned (and signed) by Oliver Cromwell. Love Thy Neighbor was curated by Christopher D. Cook.
A catalog is available for purchase for $8.00 (domestic postage included).
The bibliographic record for the catalog may be viewed here.
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