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The Grolier Club has, amongst its many book-related holdings, a fair-sized collection of papers from Wilfrid Voynich’s time as an antiquarian bookseller in New York.


Edith Rickert and the Voynich Manuscript…

Posted by nickpelling on Apr 23rd, 2009 - 2 comments.
An off-blog email exchange about the Grolier Club (where Wilfrid Voynich's estate bequeathed eight boxes of papers relating to his book business in America) nudged my memory about a minor player on the 20th century Voynich stage... When Voynich researcher Richard SantaColoma visited the Grolier Club back in May 2008, he trawled through these boxes (Box 6 in particular) for anything unexpected: ...
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“Knowledge of the Flesh”

Posted by nickpelling on Jan 13th, 2009.
Here's something I'd really love to attend: as part of the upcoming annual meeting of The Bibliographical Society of America at The Grolier Club on Friday 23 January 2009, some papers from the BSA's New Scholars Program are being presented, one of which is by Timothy L. Stinson (from North Carolina State University) and called "Knowledge of the Flesh: ...
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Wilfrid Voynich’s papers…

Posted by nickpelling on Aug 6th, 2008.
Here's a quick research note: a list of Wilfrid Voynich's archives... The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library not only has the Voynich Manuscript itself ("Beinecke MS 408"), but also various other WMV- and VMs-related materials in accompanying boxes (marked A to N). This includes various photographs (in box D), which are also accessible on the Beinecke main site. The Grolier ...
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