You can join the National Library of Scotland online for a virtual showcase of the winning entries for the Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition 2020, which had the 1980s as its theme. You will be able toview the winning designs, and to hear from the bookbinders about their responses to the competition brief and their creative […]
Scottish fine bindings viewable online
July 27, 2018
The National Library of Scotland have made digital images of 42 volumes of ‘The British Poets’ series, published in Edinburgh in 1773. The set contains a selection of key works by British poets written in the 17th and 18th centuries, and was bound by James Scott of Edinburgh. Scott was one of the finest bookbinders […]
Display on the history of the Scotsman
March 19, 2018
There is a display following the history of the Scotsman at the National Library of Scotland’s George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh. From 18 January to Sunday 8 April 2018 the library’s treasures display on The Scotsman: 200 years of a Scottish newspaper will tell the story of The Scotsman. It will show how the […]
Map exhibition at NLS
March 23, 2017
You are here, an exhibition about maps, how they show us the world, and how they are made, is open until Sunday 2 April at the National Library of Scotland’s George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh. The exhibition includes one of the finest plans of Edinburgh, the first map of Scotland, as well as railway, […]
Display of letterpress posters
April 2, 2016
The National Library of Scotland is hosting a display of limited edition letterpress posters from 1 April to 2 May at their building on George IV Bridge. The posters have been designed by graphic design students at Edinburgh Napier University, where printing was taught for more than 40 years. The posters have been inspired by Robert […]
Letterpress workshop at NLS
March 30, 2016
The National Library of Scotland, in association with Robert Smail’s Printing Works, is holding a drop-in printing workshop on Tuesday 5 April, 11am-2pm. Suitable for anyone aged 6 and over, this is a drop-in event … but mind your ps and qs. See the National Library of Scotland’s website for more details.
Exhibition of maps
March 10, 2016
The National Library of Scotland’s exhibition You are here: a journey through maps is on display at the George IV building in Edinburgh until April 2017. Visitors can wander through the maps on display, zooming out from the Library itself, to view the whole world. The exhibition includes one of the finest plans of Edinburgh, the […]
Bookbinding competition entries on display
February 26, 2015
Examples of modern craft bookbinding are on display in the entrance hall of the National Library of Scotland on George IV Bridge, Edinburgh until 8 March. They are the entries to the 2014 Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition, which attracts binders from all over Europe. Entries are bound exclusively for the competition and a prize of […]
Exhibition of Miniature Books
September 25, 2013
The current ‘treasures’ display at the National Library of Scotland consists of a selection of miniature books from the library’s collections. The display, entitled A Tiny Universe, focuses particularly on the miniature books published by David Bryce & Sons of Glasgow over 100 years ago. These tiny books were known for the clarity and legibility of […]
Chepman and Myllar prints on view
September 9, 2013
Today, the National Library of Scotland is marking the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden and celebrating the contribution of James IV to printing in Scotland by displaying the first known books to be printed in this country between 12 and 2pm — no need to book, just turn up and view the books […]
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