Entries from Now @ MPL... tagged with 'rare books'

Treasures of the Rare Book Room: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Salvador Dali

In 1969 Maecenas Press published a limited edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is especially notable for the illustrations, which were done by Salvador Dali, the famed Spanish surrealist. Who stole the tarts? The portfolio contains 12 heliogravures -...

Treasures of Design from the Rare Books Collection

Design in the 21st century is everywhere. We text, we tweet, we surf, and we read, yet do we consider the design of the words or their layout? In Treasures of Design, Art historian Chris Szczesny-Adams will present the history...

John James Audubon Program

Join MPL for the next program of the Richard E. and Lucile Krug Rare Books Room Educational Series! On Saturday, October 10 at 2:00 p.m. in Central Library's Rare Book Room, art historian Jeff Jara will present a selection of...

Rare Books Programs on Wednesday, April 30th and May 3rd

Is it Art? Or Is it a Book? The Dilemma of Artists Books in the 21st Century Wednesday, April 30, 6-8 p.m. or Saturday, May 3, 2-4 p.m. Milwaukee Public Library 814 W. Wisconsin Avenue Richard E. and Lucile Krug...

Feed Subscription

If you use an RSS reader, you can subscribe to a feed of all future entries tagged 'rare books'. [What is this?]

Subscribe to feed Subscribe to feed

Other Tags

Other tags used on this blog: