GENETICS AT PENN STATE
Genetics & Human Heredity was written by Ben Hill, Professor Emeritus of Botany […]
TRIBAL CARPETS: THE FIRST LOOK
Russian General Andrei Andreevich Bogolyubov created the first book which fully explored […]
DANCING ON PAPER: A DANCE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Kellom Tomlinson’s The Art of Dancing Explained by Reading and Figures: Whereby the […]
DIVINATION AND THE OCCULT
The Sumatran Batak divination book (a title given by a Penn State rare […]
THE SOUND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
Motown: the sound that defined a generation. With sensational songs coming out […]
A TALE IMMORTALIZED THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
One of the most influential science fiction novels of all time, […]
SUMERIAN TABLETS: BOOKS SANS PAPER
Before paper and books as we know them, tablets were used to record […]
A RENAISSANCE SCROLL OF ANCIENT RELIGIOUS HISTORY
This is a scroll of the Book of Esther that is thought to […]
ALIEN INVASIONS VS. IMPERIALISM
Originally published in 1898, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells uses […]
GEOGRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THE WORLD IN 1478
Printed in Rome in 1478, The “Cosmographia” by Claudius Ptolemaeus, an ancient Greek […]
THE “ROOT” OF CULTURE
One Tree is an artist book by author Gretchen C. Daily and photographer […]
A (VERY) EARLY DRAFT FOR A WELL-KNOWN WRITER
Ernest Hemingway was one of the most prolific American novelists of recent history, […]
PENN STATE FOOTBALL HISTORY
The Beaver Field Pictorial is a collection of Penn State sports programs, starting […]
BEARSKIN BOUND
This first edition of The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward, bound in genuine […]
REAL MYTHICAL BEASTS AND WHERE THEY ACTUALLY EXIST
The Westminster Bestiary is, to put it simply, a bestiary, except for the […]
DR. JOHN OLSON ALMQUIST WOLF PRIZE
The Wolf Foundation Prize, granted to Dr. John Olson Almquist in 1981, is […]
TEACHING MATHEMATICS WITH ART
An innovative and charming interpretation of Euclid’s Elements, Oliver Byrne’s Elements of Euclid: […]
THE LATE ARRIVAL OF ALADDIN
Fun fact: The story of Aladdin and his lamp isn’t in the original […]
UPRISING FOR UTERINE SOVEREIGNTY
The protest artworks Mine (1997), Our Bodies, Our Rights (2014), and Consensual Sex […]
A CHILD’S TUNNEL IMAGINED
Tunnel Vision is a colorful and creative tunnel popout book that […]
DIFFERENT VIEWS FROM THE WORLD
The book Three Eyes on The World: China, Sweden, USA showcases children’s art […]
A VISUAL EXPLORATION OF THE WATER MARGIN
This beautiful compilation of printed drinking cards was drawn by the artist […]
LOOSE LEAVES
Printed with the permission of the French King (Privilège du Roi) over 400 […]
LADY TRIÊU ON ELEPHANT-BACK
Swiss papermaker Fred Siegenthaler’s interest in traditional Vietnamese papermaking was piqued when he […]