Joly Collection

by Giada Gelli, Preservation Assistant We have all done some scribbling on copies, books, magazines and whatnot at some stage in our lives. There is nothing more pleasant than evading the realms of reality, shutting your ears to the world, and letting your pen (or pencil!) chase the boredom away. But still, I wasn’t expecting [...]

Tagged as: 1720, 1776, Clean Sweep, Conservation, Giada Gelli, Historia Naturali, Incubus, Joly Collection, Latin, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Lord William Robert Fitzgerald, Pierre Coste, Pliny the Elder, Projects, Rare books, Sir Isaac Newton, Traité d'optique

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