Andrea Puccio, director of the library, and Terri Boccia, collections development librarian, lead a “bang-up” look at books in the library collection that illustrate all things explosive, from artillery and fireworks to geysers and volcanos.

Image: George Barbier, Falbalas & fanfreluches: almanach des modes, présentes, passées et futures (Almanac for 1926), Paris : J. Meynial, 1926