Last week I finally did something that I've been meaning to do for the last 2.5 years, I went to Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library and was amazed at how awesome it was. Since first year I've been telling myself that I was going to go there just as soon as I finished all my readings and essays or maybe after exams but it never happened... until now!
I checked out the current exhibition, Vesalius at 500, and really enjoyed the history of it (although the science aspects were totally lost on this arts student). The day before I went I had requested a book to be taken out of the stacks so that I could look at it (a first edition of Les Misérables) so I then went down to the reading room and geeked out a little (a lot).
I'm totally going back in September to see the next exhibit, Fierce Imaginings: text and image in First World War literature.
Check out the pictures and scans that I took while I was there
behold! the entrance to a magical place of wonders!LOOK AT ALL THE BOOKS!MORE BOOKS (ps. sorry for the shaky images, it's pretty dim in there and I didn't have a tripod)Part of the "Vesalius at 500" exhibition currently on.Les Misérables is my favourite book ( I have three copies of it and refuse to admit I have a problem... so if you see any at any used book stores or the used book sales on campus this fall tell me so I can buy more copies of it). I was very very very excited to look through this first edition of it! 10 beautiful volumes of it.Here's the giant scanner that lets you scan pages of books. Obviously I had to scan the first page of my favourite (/saddest) chapter in Les Mis, even if I can't read it.so mr. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, you wouldn't object to me stringing up a hammock and living here right? No? Great!
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