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.
May 12, 2026 → Sep 30, 2026
The Astronomical Eye
Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius leads a survey of early astronomical printing through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Curated with
Maison Quaritch
Jun 15, 2026 → Nov 8, 2026
Audubon: A Continental Survey
Plates from the double-elephant folio displayed alongside contemporary ornithological studies.
Curated with
Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique
Sep 14, 2026 → Jan 24, 2027
Anatomies
The Vesalius will headline a four-month survey on the anatomical book in the Renaissance and early modern period.
Curated with
Maison Quaritch
Mar 1, 2026 → Aug 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.
Curated with
Morgan Library & Museum
Nov 4, 2025 → Apr 18, 2026
Le Vers Maudit
A study of suppressed and condemned French poetry across two centuries, anchored by the pre-suppression Fleurs du Mal.
Curated with
Pierre Bergé & Associés