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Do not try this at home

by Bean an Phoist on February 23, 2012 · 0 comments

in Collections,Exhibitions,Printed books,Rare books

by Aoife O Connor, co-curator of Particles of the Past exhibition In deciding what to put into our Discover: Particles of the Past exhibition for Dublin City of Science 2012, Robert Boyle was top of the list. We have an excellent collection of his published works and he’s a well known and important figure in [...]

Tagged as: Alcohol, Aoife O Connor, Discover, Dropsy, Dublin City of Science 2012, Exhibition, Fever, Fruit, Hypochondriac, Insects, Labour, Medicine, Millipedes, Myrrh, Particles of the Past, Receipts, Recipes, Robert Boyle, Science, Scientist, Spices, Sugar, Tobacco, Ulcers, Wine, Woodlice

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Always judge a book by its cover

by Bean an Phoist on December 22, 2011 · 12 comments

in Conservation,Rare books

by Elodie Leveque & Louise O’Connor, Conservation Conservators love knowing how a book was put together, and recently, we had the opportunity to examine a very interesting item. Despite being in good condition, the book needed some minor conservation treatment. But first, by closely examining the binding and the inner structure normally hidden from our [...]

Tagged as: 1669, Anton Bruodinus, Binding, Case, Conservation, Conservators, Core, Cover flaps, Cross-over beading, Elodie Leveque, Fr. Anthony Broidin, Head, Headbands, Hygroscopic, Initial letter, Irish College, Limp vellum, Linen thread, Louise O'Connor, Martyrdom, Octavo, Pastedown, Plant-fibre Cords, Prague, Propugnaculum Catholicæ Veritatis, Tail, Textblock, Vellum

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The British and Colonial Druggist

by Bean an Phoist on December 1, 2011 · 4 comments

in Acquisitions,Cataloguing,Collections,Periodicals,Rare books

by Inez J Fletcher, Cataloguer & Director of Irish ISSN Centre Cataloguers come across a very wide variety of publications in the course of their regular work, but I mostly catalogue contemporary periodicals. However, recently I was asked to catalogue a run of eight volumes for the period January 1889 to December 1892 of The [...]

Tagged as: Arsenic, Beeswax, British and Colonial Druggist, Cascara, Cataloguing, Clanbrassil Street, Cough Konckerer, Director of Irish ISSN Centre, Dr. Krugener's Patent Book Camera, Dynamite, Engravings, Inez J Fletcher, Journals, Kilner Glass, Mary Street, Messrs. M & C Bracken, Mincing Lane, Opium, Parcel Detective Camera, Periodicals, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, Poison, Rhubarb, Rotunda, Samuel Boyd