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As the number of online and hybrid courses increase at KSU, the Bentley Rare Book Museum is dedicated to providing digital access to select materials from our collections. The items in these collections are meant to enhance, and at times, supplement in-person rare book instruction. All items represented in this collection are physically housed in the Bentley Rare Book Museum.

The digital reproductions on this site are provided for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format outside of fair use please contact the Kennesaw State University Archives and/or copyright holder.

Collections in this community

British and American Presence in South Asia during the Late Eighteenth Century and Early Nineteenth Century

A collection of digitized resources for Dr. Yoshina Hurgobin's HIST 3373 course Modern India and South Asia
Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printing

A selection of digitized manuscript leaves and book excerpts demonstrating the development of the written and printed word in the late medieval period and the early modern era in the West.
The Legacy of Pierce Egan in Sports Journalism

A selection of digitized excerpts from the works of British sports writer Pierce Egan. These excerpts are featured in the Bentley Rare Book Museum's digital module on Pierce Egan.
Twenty Years of Nella Larsen's "Passing"

A selection of digitized excerpts from eight editions of Nella Larsen's "Passing" published between 1985 and 2004.

Recent Submissions

Excerpt of chapter two from "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853"

Taylor, Bayard (G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855)

Digitized excerpt of chapter two from Bayard Taylor's "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853."
Preface to "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853"

Taylor, Bayard (G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853)

Preface to Bayard Taylor's "A Visit to China, India, and Japan in the Year 1853."
"Account of the Dreadful Inundation of the Sea at Ingeram, on the Coast of Coromandel in the East Indies" featured in "The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers. . ."

Parson, William (Mordecai Stewart., 1820)

Letter dated 1787 from William Parson to Alexander Dalrymple about a flood that occurred on the Coromandel coast - the southeastern coast region of the Indian subcontinent.
The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers; Being a Selection from the Most Elegant, Entertaining, and Instructive Travels

Adams, Rev. John (Mordecai Stewart., 1820)

Advertisement and Table of Contents to "The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers. . . ." This book was originally published in 1788, and the Bentley Rare Book Museum's copy is the second American edition printed circa 1820. ...
Excerpt from "Passing" (2004)

Larsen, Nella (Dover Publications, 2004)

Excerpt of 2004 edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Excerpt from "Passing" (2002)

Larsen, Nella (The Modern Library, 2002)

Excerpt from the 2002 hardback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Excerpt from "The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen" (2001)

Larsen, Nella (Anchor Books, 2001)

Excerpt of the 2001 paperback edition of "The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen"
Excerpt from "Passing" (2000)

Larsen, Nella (The Modern Library, 2000)

Excerpt from a 2000 hardback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Excerpt from "Passing" (1997)

Larsen, Nella (Penguin Books, 1997)

Excerpt from the 1997 paperback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Excerpt from "An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen" (1992)

Larsen, Nella (Anchor Books, 1992)

Excerpt from the 1992 paperback "An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen"
Excerpt from "Quicksand and Passing" (1986)

Larsen, Nella (Rutgers University Press, 1986)

Excerpt from a 1986 paperback edition of Nella Larsen's novels "Quicksand" and "Passing"
Excerpt from "Passing" (1985; reprint of 1929 edition)

Larsen, Nella (Alfred A. Knopf; reprinted by AYER Company Publishing, 1985)

Excerpts from a 1985 hardcover edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Profile on Tom Hickman from Egan's "Boxiana" (part two)

Egan, Pierce (1828)

Part two of profile on Tom Hickman featured in Pierce Egan's "Boxiana." This profile of Hickman is part of Egan's famous serialized publication, "Boxiana" (1818 - 1824).
Excerpt from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage. . ."

Egan, Pierce (Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow, 1832)

Select illustrated excerpts from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life."
Excerpt from "Boxiana" covering the death of Tom Hickman

Egan, Pierce (1828)

Excerpt from "Boxiana" covering the death of nineteenth-century British boxer Tom Hickman.
Profile on Tom Hickman from Egan's "Boxiana" (part one)

Egan, Pierce (1828)

Part one of profile of boxer Tom Hickman written by Pierce Egan. This profile of Hickman is part of Egan's famous serialized publication, "Boxiana" (1818 - 1824).
Reading Dante in the Sixteenth Century: The Bentley Aldine Divine Comedy and Its Marginalia

Dover, Paul (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, 2017)

Dr. Paul Dover, Professor of History at Kennesaw State University, provides an in-depth analysis of marginalia in the Bentley Rare Book Museum's 1502 copy of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
Excerpt from "The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers," King James Bible

Unknown author (Printed by Robert Barker, 1611)

Excerpt of the Book of Numbers from a 1611 King James Bible. Printed in English.
Le Terze Rime di Dante or Divina Commedia

Alighieri, Dante (Printed by Aldus Manutius, 1502)

Excerpt of the 1502 edition of Dante's "Divina Commedia" printed by Aldus Manutius. Printed in Italian.
De Philosophico Consolatu. . . [Consolation of Philosophy]

Boethius (Printed by Johann Grüninger, 1501)

Excerpt of 1501 printing of Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy."