Marsh's Library
@MarshsLibrary
Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars. Registered Charity RCN 20000752
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A very pretty acorn panelled binding covers our first librarian's copy of Horace's Odes, printed in Paris 497 years ago. The 16th century binding was the work of another Parisian, binder & bookseller Jehan Norvis #autumn #bindings
Stamps from the earliest days of the Irish Free State in 1922. These are from a stamp book deposited in Marsh's in 1935 by then Keeper, Newport B. White #WorldPostDay2025
Small book, big map! As part of his research on Huguenot-Indigenous American interactions, Fellow Dr Joe Borsato @TheEcoAlchemyst is looking at translations of Alexander Exquemelin's book on pirates. Apparently the pirates of the Caribbean used to hang out around Tortuga in Haiti
Doodles of some pipe smokers found by Maddock Fellow Danielle Magnusson on the works of Ben Jonson, printed in 1616 #Readers #Epigrams
On 8th October, Dr Sarah Hendriks will be giving a separate talk about the project to recover history lost in the Great Fire of 1922 in Dawson Street as part of the Dublin Festival of History: ria.ie/events/dublin-…
Very interesting talk by Dr Sarah Hendriks (Maddock Research Fellow) on 7 Oct in the National Library about recovering history lost in the Great Fire of 1922 nli.ie/exhibitions-ev…
'Where the Land floweth with milk and honey': Daniel Denton's 'A brief description of New York' printed in 1670 was the first English language account of the region & was intended to encourage settlers to the colony.
In our latest #blog post, Maddock fellow Kelley Glasgow explores how how writing history became political in the early modern period marshlibrary.ie/how-to-insult-…
Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, to usher in October! From Valeriano's 'Hieroglyphica' printed in 1602 #Halloween #Shocktober
A section so important a 16th century reader left a double 'manicule' or pointing finger. The paragraph describes the coronation of Charles VI of France in 1380. From Fabyan's Chronicle, a history of Britain printed in 1516 #ManiculeMonday #MondayMarginalia
A stork and a poor auld 'unknown bird kill'd of yt coast of Affrica'. From Francois Froget's 'A Relation of a voyage ... on the coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles' printed in 1698 #TravelLiterature #Birds
Facing the red & black title page of Practica Visitandi Infirmos printed in 1640 is the mark of the book's printer, Giacomo Gaffari. It told readers they could buy his books in Naples under the sign of the bull #TitlePageTuesday #Printing #Printers
An early reader added a lovely gloved manicule, or pointing finger, to Sebastian Münster's 1554 Cosmography at the section on Ireland, described as a fertile land with a pleasant climate. Münster's not quite so complimentary about the people ...
Thank you to all 561 visitors who braved the rain and joined us for #CultureNight last night! What a fantastic evening! A special thanks to all our staff and volunteers who kept the show running and did a great job!
Less than two hours until we kick off our Culture Night 2025 tours! Join us for a free guided tour of Ireland's oldest public library this evening from 5.45pm to 8.45pm. No booking necessary; first come, first served! #CultureNight @CultureNight @CultureNightDub
This books was once stored spine in with a helpful label on the foredge for identification. It's a well thumbed 1673 English edition of William Harvey's 'Motion of the heart & blood', the book describing his discovery of how the circulatory system works #BookHistory
National Ploughing Championships, 16th century style! From Sebastian Munster's 'Cosmographiae Universalis', printed in 1554.
Come join us for Culture Night 2025 on Friday 19th September! Guided tours every 30 minutes from 5:45pm to 8:45pm, no booking required! Check out the programme for more fun things to do around the city: culturenight.ie/event/culture-…
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