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a new blog on recording incunabula in Greek libraries outside Athens

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation has published a new blog, documenting the Foundation team’s visits in Greek libraries for recording incunabula in continuation of the 15cBOOKTRADE project.

The incunabula surviving today in Greek libraries are few and far between. The first person to record them was the late British researcher Dennis Rhodes in the 1970s (Incunabula in Greece). In 2016-2018, the 15cBOOKTRADE researcher Dr Geri Della Rocca de Candal and his collaborators, funded by the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, recorded in detail all the incunabula held in the libraries in Athens, and began work in other Greek libraries. The Foundation continues this work in the libraries of Greece, with a team from the Historical Library Special Collections department.

The blog is a travelogue of sorts, documenting some of the most interesting findings in order to:

– share the unique experience of researching incunabula with the wider bibliophilic public,

– highlight the treasures of Greek libraries and tell their unique stories,

– discuss various issues around these incunabula, while posing, even briefly, questions that could potentially give the opportunity for more in-depth research, and

– last but not least, publicly thank the libraries’ personnel for their hospitality and facilitation of the research.