Decrypting the secrets of rare books
Malcolm Walsby

By examining the typography and bookmarks, the binding and marks left by readers, Malcolm Walsby explains this evening how as an academic and specialist in the History of the Book, he can interpret clues hidden in a volume to reconstitute how generations of woman and men used them.

This introductory lecture opens CCI’s new exhibition of works held in its Old Library collection, Decrypting the secrets of rare books, on show every afternoon of the week until 30 June.