Simon Beattie: Rare books, manuscripts, music, ephemera

Simon Beattie: Rare books, manuscripts, music, ephemera Rare books, manuscripts, music, ephemera, prints, specialising in European (cross-)cultural history and the history of print culture.

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24/09/2026

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01/09/2026

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Out now: featuring Fournier's 'indispensable' bibliographical dictionary (1805); the catalogue which started the Book Wa...
07/08/2026

Out now: featuring Fournier's 'indispensable' bibliographical dictionary (1805); the catalogue which started the Book War of 1906; a nice group of 19th-century Shakespeare playbills; unrecorded Italian poetry (1799), and, perhaps to help cool off in this summer heat, an early book on the winter sport of curling and some Christmas carols. https://simonbeattie.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Summer-2026.pdf

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06/07/2026

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10/06/2026

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Some years ago, I became very interested in Rilke, specifically his cycle Das Marienleben, which he wrote just before he...
22/04/2026

Some years ago, I became very interested in Rilke, specifically his cycle Das Marienleben, which he wrote just before he started work on the Duino Elegies. It set me on a stimulating path, as a bookseller (tracking down not only an inscribed copy of the first edition but, as far as I can tell, every English translation of the work, including one apparently unrecorded printing), translator (producing my own version, the first in the UK for almost 75 years), and composer (setting a number of my translations to music). The collection I have built is now offered for sale (https://simonbeattie.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Rilke-Das-Marienleben.pdf). And next month will see the premiere of Vita Mariae, the sequence of words and music I have written based on Rilke's cycle, performed by the outstanding Cambridge University Schola Cantorum (https://cambridgeschola.com/event/6562356/761908391/marian-devotion-olem). I'm excited to hear it.

2025–6 is a double anniversary for Rilke: 150 years since his birth, and the centenary of his death. The collection, and the performance, seem timely.

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13/04/2026

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06/03/2026

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09/02/2026

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