Exhibitions & loans

Where the volumes are travelling

Active exhibitions, scheduled loans to institutions, and concluded programmes. Each entry tracks the volumes on display, the venue and the curatorial partner.

Active1
Upcoming3
Concluded1
Upcoming

May 12, 2026Sep 30, 2026

The Astronomical Eye

Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius leads a survey of early astronomical printing through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Royal Observatory Pavilion· Greenwich
141 days1 volume
MQ

Curated with

Maison Quaritch

GG
Upcoming

Jun 15, 2026Nov 8, 2026

Audubon: A Continental Survey

Plates from the double-elephant folio displayed alongside contemporary ornithological studies.

Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique· Brussels
146 days1 volume
BR

Curated with

Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique

JJ
Upcoming

Sep 14, 2026Jan 24, 2027

Anatomies

The Vesalius will headline a four-month survey on the anatomical book in the Renaissance and early modern period.

Wellcome Collection· London
132 days1 volume
MQ

Curated with

Maison Quaritch

AV
Active

Mar 1, 2026Aug 28, 2026

Shakespeare in Print

Four centuries of Shakespearean printing. The First Folio is on loan as the centrepiece, alongside Milton's first edition Paradise Lost.

Morgan Library & Museum· New York
180 days2 volumes
ML

Curated with

Morgan Library & Museum

WS
JM
Concluded

Nov 4, 2025Apr 18, 2026

Le Vers Maudit

A study of suppressed and condemned French poetry across two centuries, anchored by the pre-suppression Fleurs du Mal.

Maison de la Poésie· Paris
165 days1 volume
PB

Curated with

Pierre Bergé & Associés

CB