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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
The University College Library (UCL) in London "has one of the foremost university Special Collections in the UK. It is a treasure trove of national and international importance, comprising over a million items dating from the 4th century AD to the present day."
Call me a hayseed hick, but I don't recall ever hearing about this library or the University College (question: how can it be an university and a college at the same time? That doesn't make sense. But I digress.) before running across this ebook published by UCL Press.
The title of it is Treasures from UCL, by Gillian Furlong and it's free as a pdf from an organization called AOpen.
Let me give you the book description that was prepared, I think, by UCL:"Treasures from UCL draws together detailed descriptions and images of 70 of the most prized items. Between the magnificent illuminated Latin Bible of the 13th century and the personal items of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers, George Orwell, the many highlights of this remarkable collection will delight and intrigue anyone who picks up this book."
I was fascinated with the items shown and/or described in this book. There are so many beautiful and intricate paper-based (paper, remember that?) items--watercolor paintings (mostly of animals, I think), "illuminated" manuscripts, fine drawings, and more!
As with most of the pdf-only ebooks that I've posted recently, this one is published in physical form, also. Amazon, for example, sells them starting at $41.74 for a used copy.
Some other important information . . . . It has 192 pages. The book was published just recently (July of this year). It has no ratings yet at Amazon, but at GoodReads it is rated 5.00, from 3 ratings at the present moment.
Here is the webpage at AOpen, from which you can download the ebook. |
A University is actually just a collection of Colleges.
Example would be the College of Medicine at Texas Tech University.