Pages of books scribbled on by now well-known owners are among scarce items in 600th anniversary exhibitionCambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th anniversary by putting some of its greatest treasures on display – including volumes that have become more precious because their owners scribbled all over them.
Sir Isaac Newton did not so much add notes to his own first edition of Principia Mathematica as an entire extra text,gluing in additional pages running to hundreds of words. William Morris spoke for generations of enraged authors when he scored out a line in the printed text of his translation of Beowulf, and wrote savagely in the margin: “I can’t have my best lines spoiled!”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com