Treasures from the London Library
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Dunia Garcia Ontiveros charts the little-known history of the Sami population and the life of Knud Leem, the first person to study their language and culture. Published December 19 2011
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The founder of Liberal Judaism in Britain, Claude Montefiore, died a 'disappointed and embittered' man. Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros explores his vast collection of pamphlets bequeathed to the London Library. Published November 18 2011
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An insight into the London Library's remarkable collection of early English versions of the Bible, at the heart of which is a copy of the King James Bible of 1611. Published October 11 2011
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The story of the book with one of the most dramatic provenances of all those in the collections of the London Library. Published September 6 2011
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In the 16th century, two men from enemy countries both wrote about similar issues of social welfare. Who were they and how did their books end up in the collections of the London Library? Published July 27 2011
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Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros reveals the tragic fate of Christopher Saxton's beautiful and deeply influential sixteenth-century Atlas of the counties of England and Wales. Published June 30 2011
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Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros reveals the tragic story of torture and martyrdom which inspired Robert Persons' book De persecutione Anglicana libellus quo explicantur afflictiones in the collections of the London Library. Published June 14 2011
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Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros explores the life and work of Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, one of the less fortunate and most cantankerous polymaths of the Italian Renaissance. Published June 1 2011
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Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros considers the works of three authors who, during the religious fervour of 16th-century Europe, moved away from the Church and wrote about magic. Published May 18 2011
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Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros explores the work and influence of William Allen, who fought to restore Roman Catholicism to England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Published April 28 2011
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Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros explores the works of Thomas Hill, the author of the first popular gardening books in the English language. Published April 13 2011
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Continuing our Treasures from the London Library series, Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros explores views of love in the 15th and 16th centuries. Published March 31 2011
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Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros discovers a 16th-century book in the collections of the London Library with a fascinating and turbulent history. Published March 9 2011
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Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros discusses three 16th-century voyage narratives from the collections of the London Library. Published February 22 2011
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Launching our new 'Treasures from the London Library' series, Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros highlights several books with examples of both Catholic and Lutheran visual propaganda used during the Reformation. Published February 9 2011
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