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The UM Press celebrates its 80th birthday this year. It was officially established in 1930 under Michigan's Graduate School to publish University materials such as conference proceedings and the 1931 Alumni Reading Lists. [more]
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Environs de Paris by Guillaume Coutans

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Environs de Paris by Guillaume Coutans

Originally engraved in the 18th century, this map is just one on display as part of the Tour de France exhibit in the Audubon Room through September 20, 2010.

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

The engraved image of Walt Whitman is from the frontispiece of a first edition that the MLibrary owns.  This copy of Whitman’s principal work once belonged to writer Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), as recorded on its flyleaf: 
“F. B. Sanborn, Nov 9th 1855, This book Mr. Emerson received from the author and I from Mr. Emerson.”

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Satires by Juvenal and Persius

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Satires by Juvenal and Persius

An illuminated initial from this manuscript is shown here.  The manuscript is from the 15th century, and is one of the most beautiful medieval manuscripts in the Special Collections Library.

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