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Archive: June 2025 (2 Posts)

Robert Motherwell’s Illustrated Ulysses

Posted by: Patrick Hastings

Joyceans around the world celebrate Bloomsday every year on June 16 because it is the single day on which James Joyce's modernist novel Ulysses is set. Robert Motherwell, a prominent Abstract Expressionist artist, was a lifelong reader of Ulysses. His etchings illustrate The Arion Press's monumental 1988 edition of the novel.

Posted in: 20th Century, Famous Printers, Fine Press, Fine Prints, Illustrated Book, Literature

Painted miniature of Salvator Mundi.

Bound to be Beautiful: the Warburg Book of Hours on Exhibit

Posted by: Marianna Stell

A tiny masterpiece of Flemish illumination, the Warburg Book of Hours in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division recently received a new binding that allows readers to better view some of most beautiful paintings and trompe-l'œil manuscript borders in the Library’s collection.

Posted in: 15th Century, 16th Century, History of Science, Illuminated Manuscript, Illustrated Book, News and Events