In January, a researcher in Baltimore noticed a title he had not seen before, related directly to his research, in WorldCat. The University of Missouri is the only owning library, and he wrote to us to ask about the book. His request found its way to June DeWeese, who found the item and had it digitized (thanks to Felicity Dykas, Elaine Huntsucker and Regina Guccione). The researcher wrote back, delighted, indicating the item is indeed one of a kind. It is a book assembled in 1814 by a scholar and collector of fine arts and illuminated manuscripts, Robert Gilmor, 1774-1848. Brian Cain recently did major enhancement of the WorldCat record. We are happy to report the book is on its way to Special Collections, and its image is available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/resources/GilmoreMUdig.pdf
–Ann Riley
Happy Gilmor! 😉 Nicely done.
To Kate: http://instantrimshot.com/ 🙂
To all: Nicely done!