Luxuriant Nature - lecture and exhibition
The Bryn Mawr College Library offers an early taste of spring with its new exhibition "Luxuriant Nature smiling round": Illustrated Botanical and Ornithological Books from the Ethelinda Schaefer Castle Collection. The exhibition will open Tuesday, Feb. 7, with a lecture by Robert McCracken Peck, senior fellow of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, at 4:30 p.m. in Carpenter Library 21. His lecture, "John Gould and His World," will focus on the most important British producer of illustrated bird books in the 19th century. The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Class of 1912 Rare Book Room in Canaday Library.
The exhibition will run through May 31. The hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. on weekends, except for holidays and the College's spring break. For additional information, please see the exhibitions web page or call the Special Collections Department at 610-526
