Yvonne Perkins
92 year old Professor Wallace Kirsop has spent a life time studying old, rare books. He is passionate about the importance of retaining the physical object as a recent discovery in a 1497 copy of Dante's Divine Comedy at the University of Sydney Library demonstrates.
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/22/melbourne-rare-books-expert-wallace-kirsop
The Melbourne expert who has spent a lifetime uncovering ‘the archaeology of the printed book’

Prof Wallace Kirsop, 92, is one of Australia’s foremost experts in rare books – not just their contents but their makers, buyers and readers, and the stories they tell beyond the page

The Guardian
Mar 22 at 10:42amWeb