{"id":3232,"date":"2017-04-05T10:27:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T14:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2017-04-05T18:25:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T22:25:44","slug":"rare-books-restored-in-honour-of-christopher-lyons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/rare-books-restored-in-honour-of-christopher-lyons\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Books Restored In Honour of Christopher Lyons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3254\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/17620571_817530475051789_892062241987779877_o.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3254\" class=\"wp-image-3254\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/17620571_817530475051789_892062241987779877_o.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/17620571_817530475051789_892062241987779877_o.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/17620571_817530475051789_892062241987779877_o-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/17620571_817530475051789_892062241987779877_o-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/17620571_817530475051789_892062241987779877_o-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/17620571_817530475051789_892062241987779877_o-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christoper Lyons (right) accepting two rare books restored in his honour from Board of Curators member and William Feindel Professor Emeritus, Dr. Rolando Del Maestro.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a surprise precursor to Dr. Rolando Del Maestro&#8217;s neuro-oncology talk last week, Osler Librarian Christopher Lyons was presented with two rare books, recently restored in his honour, in recognition of his excellent stewardship of the Osler Library from 2012-2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The staff at the Osler Library, the Osler Board of Curators, and the McGill Osler Society, wish Chris the very best in his new appointment as Head of Rare Books &amp; Special Collections at McGill \u2013 another unit of McGill ROAAr (Rare Books, Osler, Art, and Archives). <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Congratulations, Chris!<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_3234\" style=\"width: 4618px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3234\" class=\"wp-image-3234 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121356.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121356-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121356-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121356-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121356-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medical Anatomy : or, Illustrations of the Relative Position and Movements of the Internal Organs | Francis Sibson | London : John Churchill &amp; Sons, 1869 | 4 leaves, 88 columns, XXI leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 53cm<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3232 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_1223050.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_1223050-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_1223050-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_1223050-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_1223050-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_1223050-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121941.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121941-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121941-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121941-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121941-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121941-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_3240\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121154-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3240\" class=\"wp-image-3240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121154-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121154-2.jpg 2584w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121154-2-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121154-2-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_121154-2-998x1024.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornate W.O. inscription to Christopher Lyons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The restoration work was completed by Montreal conservator Terry Rutherford. In addition to work on the spines, leaves, and colour plates, both of these books are now housed in custom clamshell archival boxes, with an ornate &#8216;W.O.&#8217; inscription to Christopher Lyons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Sibson atlas (above) has prize binding, with gilt lettering, from 1872 when it was awarded to McGill medical student Francis John Shepherd for the best primary examination for M.D.C.M. degree. Shepherd (1851-1929) is known as one of McGill&#8217;s &#8216;Medical Luminaries&#8217;, a highly-regarded anatomist, surgeon, dermatologist, and Dean of the McGill Medical Faculty from 1908-1914. Shepherd was also a prominent Canadian art historian and critic, who served as President of the Montreal Art Association (predecessor of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This presentation copy of Sir William Osler&#8217;s <em>The Principles and Practice of Medicine<\/em> (below) once belonged to Dr. Thomas McCrae (1870-1935), brother of &#8220;In Flanders Fields&#8221; author John McCrae (1872-1918). Dr. T. McCrae was a close friend and colleague of William Osler at John Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3237\" style=\"width: 4249px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122718.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3237\" class=\"wp-image-3237 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122718.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4239\" height=\"2552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122718.jpg 4239w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122718-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122718-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122718-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122718-498x300.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4239px) 100vw, 4239px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine | William Osler | New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1905 | xvii, [1], 1143, [1] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3232 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122846.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122846-184x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122846-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122846-768x1254.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122846-627x1024.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3245'>\n\t\t\t\t \tSixth edition, thoroughly revised from new plates.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122823.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122823-198x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122823-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122823-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/files\/2017\/04\/20170331_122823-677x1024.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3249'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Presentation Copy&#8221; no. 14 of the first 105,000 copies printed, signed by William Osler for Dr. T. McCrae.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Interested in rare book restoration and conservation in honour of someone you know? Want to learn more about the Osler Library&#8217;s &#8220;Adopt-a-Book&#8221; Programme? Email <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"mailto:osler.library@mcgill.ca\">osler.library@mcgill.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a surprise precursor to Dr. Rolando Del Maestro&#8217;s neuro-oncology talk last week, Osler Librarian Christopher Lyons was presented with two rare books, recently restored in his honour, in recognition of his excellent stewardship of the Osler Library from 2012-2016. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/rare-books-restored-in-honour-of-christopher-lyons\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,22],"tags":[148,134,309,281],"class_list":["post-3232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-events-exhibits","tag-osler-library","tag-rare-books","tag-restoration","tag-roaar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3232"}],"version-history":[{"count":115,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3339,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232\/revisions\/3339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/osler-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}