Sponsored by The Book Club of California Humans have been fascinated by animal imagery since the prehistoric era when cavemen painted images of animals on walls to symbolically capture their […]
Sponsored by FABS David DiLaura will speak on "John Peckham's Perspectiva Communis: An example of the transition from manuscript to the handpress." In the half-century after the appearance of moveable […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Curator William Palmer Johnston leads a prerecorded tour of his exhibition "Melville's Billy Budd at 100" followed by a live online Q&A. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-tour-and-curator-qa-for-billy-budd-at-100-exhibition-tickets-1027617320067?aff=erelpanelorg […]
Sponsored by FABS 19th Century Group (third Thursday of the month). Congenial conversation on all things 19th-century and bookish. You are welcome! To join the list contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his pocket, built a sugar […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Jonathan Conlin talks about former Grolier Club librarian Henry Watson Kent's role in shaping The Met into a great cultural institution. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-how-a-grolierite-shaped-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-tickets-1027694851967?aff=ebdssbdestsearch […]
Sponsored by FABS Oct 21, 2024. 7:30 Eastern time, 4:30 Pacific time Renate Mesmer will talk about the Folger’s recent renovation and the challenges and improvements of such an undertaking. […]
Sponsored by FABS The FABS Living With Books Zoom Group, hosted by Reid Byers, invites you to their lively monthly discussion of home libraries, with all their pleasures and paraphernalia. […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Greg Sarris—tribal leader, scholar, teacher, and activist—has always kept stories, and storytelling, at the center of his ambitious life’s work. In his latest […]
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Open to member of FABS Societies Dear FABS Club members: I hope many of you will be able to join us on Thursday, October 24, […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian (1908–1913) and the first Director of the Morgan Library (1924–1948). She was also […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Nov 02, 2024, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Pacific time Seattle, 93 Pike St #307, Seattle, WA 98101, USA Open to all and […]