One tour we took while in Edmonton for the FAN retreat was to the special collections section of the library at the University of Edmonton. The curator showed us some amazing artifacts housed there.
The first 'book' he showed us was a dictionary unearthed after being dropped in a river bed in the 1700s. It stayed preserved by the sediments deposited on it. Now it is a natural sculpture!
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| Book made into a sculpture by being dropped in a river and silt being deposited on it for years. |
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| An accordion-style book with a special feature of text flowing from back of folded page as well as the following page. |
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| Pages of this book are on plexiglass held in a box. You can read the pages in any order. |
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| A "Widows book". |
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| Pages are ripped out and rolled into small scrolls. Unnecessary words black out and a new story written. |
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| A satirical reflection on books in the digital age! Notice how the small books are inserted into this book much like a kindle book list page. |
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| Martha Cole's book called "Air". |
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| A shoeaholics favorite book? |
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| Opens up accordion-style. |
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| Interesting information on women and style in the book. Notice the article on the right talks about deformed feet. |
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| Leopard-skin cover. |
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| First recovered book on recognizing a witch. Written in the 1400's in Belgium. |
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