Libraries and Librarianship: May 2009 Archives

Earliest Known Book Jacket Found in Bodelian

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"A librarian at Oxford's Bodleian Library has unearthed the earliest-known book dust jacket. Dating from 1830, the jacket wrapped a silk-covered gift book, Friendship's Offering" - The Guardian
Kristina De Voe
English & Communications Librarian
Temple University Libraries