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It might even satisfy Borges’ longing for a “catalogue of catalogues”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Collector’s Edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarks of Genius\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e designed in the Bodleian Library is quarterbound in Nigerian goatskin with gold tooling and blind blocking on the spine and front cover, and comes with a matching blocked, lined slipcase. It is limited to 350 individually numbered copies. Every copy is signed by the author and contains a hand-numbered limited declaration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarks of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pays tribute to some of the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history, from ancient texts on papyrus and the extraordinary medieval manuscript The Douce Apocalypse to the renowned children's work The Wind in the Willows. Bringing together some of the most impressive treasures from the collections of the Bodleian Libraries, it tells the story of the creation of each work and its afterlife, offering insight into the breadth and depth of its influence as well as its power to fascinate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrating works from Euclid, Dante and Handel to Einstein, Austen and Gandhi, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarks of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e showcases over 100 books and manuscripts that constitute the pinnacle of human creativity and which we continue to revere and revisit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Preface, Foreword, Blackwell's and the Bodleian, The Genius of Sir Thomas Bodley: The Bodleian Library, The Character of Genius, Catalogue Part One: Marks of Genius, Catalogue Part Two: Genius and Learning, Bibliography, Index, Concordance of shelfmarks, Copyright credits, Acknowledgements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Hebron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has published widely in the field of British Romanticism, and curated a series of exhibitions at the Wordsworth Trust in Cumbria, England. 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