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class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/helena-bochorakova-dittrichova-a-pioneer-of-the-wordless-form/" title="Permalink to Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form" rel="bookmark">Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">January 18, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/collection/" rel="category tag">Collection</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-books/" rel="category tag">New books</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/" rel="category tag">Rare Books & Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/helena-bochorakova-dittrichova-a-pioneer-of-the-wordless-form/' data-summary='The Library’s Rare Books Collection holds many wordless graphic novels by masters of the form, including the recent addition of the first wordless graphic novel by a woman.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>The Library’s Rare Books Collection holds many wordless graphic novels by masters of the form, including the recent addition of the first wordless graphic novel by a woman.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichova – a pioneer of the wordless form' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/helena-bochorakova-dittrichova-a-pioneer-of-the-wordless-form/' data-summary='The Library’s Rare Books Collection holds many wordless graphic novels by masters of the form, including the recent addition of the first wordless graphic novel by a woman.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-55133 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection-spotlights category-new-books category-our-stories category-arts tag-frankenstein tag-mary-shelley tag-rare-books tag-rare-books-collection tag-women-writers-fund"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/mary-shelleys-frankenstein/" title="It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein."><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/image-5-120x120.png" alt="It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein." class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/mary-shelleys-frankenstein/" title="Permalink to It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein." rel="bookmark">It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">December 17, 2021</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/collection-spotlights/" rel="category tag">Collection spotlights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-books/" rel="category tag">New books</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/" rel="category tag">Our stories</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/" rel="category tag">Rare Books & Arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/mary-shelleys-frankenstein/' data-summary='State Library Victoria recently acquired an 1832 printing of the third edition of Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein for its Rare Book Collection.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>State Library Victoria recently acquired an 1832 printing of the third edition of Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein for its Rare Book Collection.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='It’s alive! The first illustrated representation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/mary-shelleys-frankenstein/' data-summary='State Library Victoria recently acquired an 1832 printing of the third edition of Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein for its Rare Book Collection.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-51900 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-new-books category-arts category-visual-arts"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/a-modernist-pastiche-matisses-etchings-for-joyce/" title="A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/matisse1-3-120x120.jpg" alt="A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/a-modernist-pastiche-matisses-etchings-for-joyce/" title="Permalink to A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce" rel="bookmark">A modernist pastiche: Matisse’s etchings for Joyce</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">September 13, 2021</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-books/" rel="category tag">New books</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/" rel="category tag">Rare Books & Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='A modernist pastiche: Matisse's etchings for Joyce' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/a-modernist-pastiche-matisses-etchings-for-joyce/' data-summary='Read about an audacious collaboration between Henri Matisse and James Joyce for the Limited Editions Club.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Read about an audacious collaboration between Henri Matisse and James Joyce for the Limited Editions Club.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='A modernist pastiche: Matisse's etchings for Joyce' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/a-modernist-pastiche-matisses-etchings-for-joyce/' data-summary='Read about an audacious collaboration between Henri Matisse and James Joyce for the Limited Editions Club.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-28071 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-new-books category-arts tag-popular-culture"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/new-books-in-arts-more-fun-than-a-barrel-of-monkees/" title="New books in Arts, more fun than a barrel of Monkees"><img 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