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February 21, 2006: Louisiana Rare Books on Exhibit
"Some of the library’s greatest treasures are on display, including an illuminated Book of Hours dating from the 15th century. Drawings, watercolors and prints from the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection include works by John James Audubon, Mark Catesby, Edward Lear, Elizabeth Gould and Margaret Stones. First editions of “Principia Mathematica,” Lewis Carroll’s “The Game of Logic” and John Quincy Adams’ “Lectures on Rhetoric” exemplify the breadth of Hill’s Rare Book Collection."
