Librarian Collection

Munrospun advertisement featuring librarians, 1964
An advertisement for Munrospun knitwear of Edinburgh featuring two glamorous librarians, wearing skirts and sweaters in softest Lambswool. Date: 1964

Cambridge Uni Punting
Punting on the Cam, near Kings College : one student who had rooms on the top floor on the left was Hilary Evans, writer and picture librarian

Advert for The Bladud Library, Bath
Advert for The Bladud Library and Henry Wood, Bookseller, Stationer, Librarian and Newsagent, Bath Date: 1902

Leeds Library Ghost
The ghost of a former librarian of Leeds Library, Vincent Sternberg, is seen by his successor, John MacAlister, at about the time of his death 1884

Vardon, Thomas, Librarian of House of Commons
Vintage 19th century photograph: Vardon, Thomas (1799-1867), Librarian of House of Commons, British parliament

C. J. Purnell Holding an Incendiary Bomb
C.J. Purnell, librarian and secretary of the London Library, slept on the premises throughout the Blitz. He here holds up an incendiary bomb that he was able to extinguish before it set light to

Watercolour: West Room Old Library - Cambridge
Watercolour: West Room and the Dome Room of the Old University Library, Cambridge. 1800 by Thomas Rowlandson, Fitzwilliam Museum

Richard Garnett, British scholar, librarian and writer
Richard Garnett (1835-1906), British scholar, librarian (at the British Museum), biographer, poet and translator. circa 1890s

Casanova being hit by a stone and mocked by a child
Giacomo Casanova depicted as an elderly man coming back from the library. During his departure, Casanova is struck by a stone by a child who then begins to point

Gabriel Alvarez de Toledo (1662-1714). Spanish poet. Histor
Gabriel Alvarez de Toledo (1662-1714). Spanish poet an the Royal Librarian of King Felipe V of Spain. Historia de la Iglesia y del Mundo que contiene los sucesos desde su creacion hasta el diluvio

Mary Evans, Librarian
CAROLINE MARY EVANS Picture librarian, photographed in the library which she created at Blackheath, London. Date: 1936 - 2010

Valentin Duval
VALENTIN JAMERAI DUVAL French librarian and numismatist, director of the Imperial Library and Cabinet of Medals at Vienna. Date: 1695 - 1775

Philarete Chasles
PHILARETE CHASLES French journalist and literary critic, Anglophile, librarian. Date: 1788 - 1873

Johann Erich Biester
JOHANN ERICH BIESTER German writer, librarian to the king of Prussia at Berlin. Date: 1749 - 1816

The Reichstag Library, which escaped the fire which gutted the building in February 1933. Date: early 1930s

Samuel Ayscough
SAMUEL AYSCOUGH Librarian and indexer. Date: 1745 - 1804

Humphrey Wanley - R Grave
Humphrey Wanley (1672 - 1726) Antiquary and librarian

Richard Garnett / Vf 1895
RICHARD GARNETT English librarian and writer Date: 1835 - 1906

Battersea Mobile Library
The interior of Battersea mobile library in the 1950s with various keen bookworms browsing the shelves and having their chosen books stamped by the librarian. Date: 1950s

Kent Mobile Library
A mobile library van making a stop in an unidentified Kentish village, late 1940s-early 1950s. Date: c.1950

Daniel Heinsius - Dutch librarian, scholar and statesman
Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655) - Dutch librarian, statesman, and was one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance

Francis Hayman - Painter and Illustrator
Francis Hayman RA (1708-1776) - English painter and illustrator. Became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and later its first Librarian. Date: 1769

MARMOL, Jos頨1817-1871). Argentine journalist
MARMOL, Jos頨 1817-1871). Argentine journalist, politician, librarian, and writer of the Romantic school. Engraving

Humphrey Wanley
HUMPHREY WANLEY antiquary and librarian Date: 1672 - 1726

Alfred Billings Street
ALFRED BILLINGS STREET American writer and librarian Date: 1811 - 1881

Ange Marie Quirini
cardinal ANGELO MARIA QUIRINI Italian churchman, librarian at the Vatican. Date: 1680 - 1755

John Price, Librarian
JOHN PRICE Bodleys librarian at Oxford wearing his mortar-board. Date: 1734 - 1813

Joseph Planta
JOSEPH PLANTA Swiss-born librarian at the British Museum, London, depicted holding a sample of his stock-in-trade. Date: 1744 - 1827

Sir Antonio Panizzi
Sir ANTONIO PANIZZI Librarian of the British Museum. Date: 1797 - 1879

Fulvio Orsino
FULVIO ORSINO Italian churchman, antiquarian, librarian and author. Date: 1529 - 1600

Charles Edward Mudie
CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE Writer and librarian - his subscription library was the leading business of its kind in England. Date: 1818 - 1890

Andreas Muhldorff
ANDREAS MUHLDORFF German churchman from Munster, librarian and theologian. Date: 17TH CENTURY

Conyers Middleton
CONYERS MIDDLETON controversial churchman, librarian to Cambridge University, author. Date: 1683 - 1750

Xavier Marmier
XAVIER MARMIER French writer and librarian Date: 1809 - 1892

Pierre Le Courayer
PIERRE FRANCOIS LE COURAYER French Catholic churchman, theologian and librarian, exiled to England. Date: 1681 - 1776

Pierre Le Courayer - 2
PIERRE FRANCOIS LE COURAYER French Catholic churchman, theologian and librarian, exiled to England. Date: 1681 - 1776

Henri Justel
HENRI JUSTEL French royal librarian, protestant refugee in England. Date: 1620 - 1693

Daniel Heinsius
DANIEL HEINSIUS Dutch librarian, scholar and statesman Date: 1580 - 1655

Johann Fr Gronovius
JOHANN FRIEDRICH GRONOVIUS German/Dutch churchman, scholar and librarian at Hamburg and Louvain. Date: 1611 - 1671

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Stingy Librarian regretting charity
Stingy Librarian - Not the Troops best friend! She only seems willing to part with the most obscure titles to ship out to the boys at the frontline

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Where to put Cookery Books?
WW2 Rationing - Humour - Where shall we put the old-time Cookery Books? Fiction or Humour ?! Date: circa 1944

Royal Aeronautical Society staff in 1966. From left: Frank H. Smith, Librarian of the Society 1950-1967; Maureen Michael, Personal Assistant to the Secretary; Dr Archie Ballantyne

Joseph Planta (1799-1827)
Portrait of Joseph Planta, who held the post of principal librarian at the British Museum

Woodward Bernard Barham (1853-1930)
Mr Woodward Bernard Barham, a librarian (seated right) and his staff. Barham worked in the General Library at the Natural History Museum, London. 1909

Library
The library at the Natural History Museum, London

Archibald Bower
ARCHIBALD BOWER Jesuit historian, librarian to Queen Caroline. Date: 1686 - 1766

Sir a Panizzi / Vfair 1874
Sir ANTONIO PANIZZI British librarian, born in Italy; chief librarian at the British Museum, 1856-66

Circulating Library
A customer is offered a book by the librarian

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