From today, Queens' Old Library is taking part in the inaugural Cambridge Festival (until Sunday 4 April), with a video that explores some of the many ways in which readers have used and abused the books in Queens' Old Library over the past centuries. Through annotation, decoration, vandalisation and innumerable other kinds of treatment, the books in Queens' Old Library have fascinating stories to tell. Join Lucille Munoz (Rare Books Curator) on a tour of the Old Library's collections to gain rare glimpses into the past lives of books in Queens Old Library.
The curious lives of books in Queens’ Old Library